A proposal to reform Maine’s beleaguered child welfare system by creating a new department in state government received strong support in the Maine Senate Wednesday from lawmakers frustrated ...
Apr. 23—A proposal to create a standalone department to oversee child welfare in Maine died in the Legislature after the House of Representatives failed to hold a vote — even though the bill had ...
Scrutiny cast on internet service providers, lax enforcement and a disturbing culture compounded by poverty NGO says the ...
Judge Gee denied the lawyers’ request for a specific time limit for how long minors could be held at the sites, but said the Department of Homeland Security needed to process all children ...
The United States government and victims of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar are close to finalizing a deal that will resolve claims by abuse victims that the FBI failed to properly ...
Independent TD Catherine Connolly accused the Government of not listening to survivors or the Oireachtas Education Committee.
Washington — The Justice Department and more than 100 victims of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar reached a civil settlement over allegations that FBI agents failed to properly ...
A recent inspection of Michigan’s sole state-run juvenile justice facility for boys found dangerous conditions that employees have warned could lead to serious injury or death. While state ...
Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming fear of losing custody of a child. For many of these families, poverty ...
U.S. gymnasts, from left, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2021. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The ...
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli ...
L.D. 779, introduced by Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, would have established a Department of Child and Family Services separate from DHHS to oversee child welfare, children's behavioral health ...