Connecticut lawmakers are debating a bill that links school withdrawals for homeschooling to a child welfare check, but the state Education Department says it cannot do it. On Tuesday, the ...

The Nova Scotia government intends to broaden its publication ban on identifying children who have been in the child ...

A new bill before the Nova Scotia Legislature is making changes to the way publication bans guard the identity of a child in the care of the province — keeping them in place even if that child dies.

Florida lawmakers passed 'Missy's Law,' requiring judges to remand defendants after conviction for certain dangerous crimes.

The state’s Department of Education said in written testimony Tuesday that it won’t be able to comply with a bill that, if passed, would require notification to Connecticut’s child welfare agency when ...

The 2024 death of Gavin Peterson, due to abuse at the hands of his father, stepmother and brother, has spurred legislation to augment the ability of state officials to intervene when they believe a ...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is pushing the Justice Department to take a hard look at foreign-owned surrogacy operations, arguing they are being used as a back door to U.S. citizenship and could pose a ...

In the wake of the incident that occurred in a school recently, and which had been widely reported and commented upon in the media, it is imperative to have a look at the law prohibiting child abuse ...

District Attorney Heather Adams released a statement saying the county's involvement with ICE is minimal ...

The reports below were provided by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. Any suspects named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Incidents with “NL” indicate that no location was ...

The Emergencies Act sat, forgotten, for decades. But along came COVID-19 restrictions, which sparked the Freedom Convoy in mid-January 2022—a protest led by truckers and their supporters who opposed ...

The Office of Refugee Resettlement denies that expectant migrant mothers are being sent to Texas for political reasons ...