The legislation would increase state oversight of local social services departments' work on foster care and find placements more quickly.

A dog named Rosa, who recently gave birth to eight puppies of her own, became mother to two more without an ounce of ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Have you ever imagined a television show becoming a state symbol? A new bill is proposing making "The Andy Griffith Show" the official television show of North Carolina.

Under House Bill 595, public school libraries would be prohibited from having library books that “contains material that is harmful to minors,” as defined by state law. The legislation also ...

The bill would allow unchecked rate hikes outside of the usual regulatory process. It would also eliminate our bipartisan law to reduce our state’s carbon emissions, gutting a commitment to ...

Ana Day, Executive Director of Oregon Community Programs in Lane County, said the bill would address fears from foster parents who wonder if they would be investigated after an "unexpected ...

The Iowa House has passed a bill that would remove the requirement for courts to appoint someone to represent the best interests of a child who might be placed in foster care. Instead, courts ...

Gale Adcock, a nurse practitioner from Cary, commended Galey and the other primary sponsors of the bill, Republican Sens. Jim Burgin and Benton Sawrey, for their intention with the bill ...

But Senate Bill 754 also imposes penalties for not following the school calendar law such as loss of state funding and allowing school boards to be sued by local business owners. Senate leader ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A bill that would change the circumstances for when a foster child may be removed from a foster home passed the house Wednesday. Adam Burkhammer HB 2027, which aims to reduce ...