The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders.
The Senate is moving forward on legislation to raise the minimum age of marriage in Missouri.
Parents who do not qualify for child benefit so don't claim miss out on NI credits. At present these are worth £329 a year, or £6,500 over a 20-year retirement. Government has promised to let parents repair state pension records from 2026
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal judge has ordered Texas health and human services officials to pay $100,000 per day in fines for routinely neglecting investigations into allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s beleaguered foster care system, according to a Monday order.
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed for five years as politicians have repeatedly passed the buck. It’s just one example of how the British state repeatedly fails to take big decisions and see them through, says Adam Hawksbee How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge? In Pennsylvania, the answer is one. Last summer []
The following op/ed comes from Noemí Plenas, CEO of the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) Source
We all know there's a mental health crisis; in 2021 it was thought one in six children had a mental health problem. So our experience will probably resonate with many parents.
AUBURN, Wash. – After a series of low-paying jobs, Nicole Slemp finally landed one she loved. She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. Slemp expected to return to work after having her son […]
Missouri state troopers confirm one person has been killed in a plane crash near Southern Boone County’s Hartsburg. Patrol spokesman Corporal Kyle Green tells 939 the Eagle that the crash involves a “small Cessna tight plane” and that it crashed in the Hartsburg area. The victim’s name hasn’t been released,
Police have arrested a woman accused of running an unlicensed daycare facility in Crystal Lake after she allegedly intentionally injured a child, officials said. The Crystal Lake Police Department received information around 11 a.m. Monday from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The agency reported an aggravated battery to a child that occurred […]
38-year-old Brian Warner, indicted on 51 counts of child abuse, posted $100,000 bail on Tuesday, following a Berkshire Superior Court arraignment.
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