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Soil testing shows dozens of city parks expose children to hazardous lead levels years after officials pledged to fix the ...

Sarah Hess started taking her toddler, Josie, to Mickey Markey Playground in 2010 because she thought it would offer a refuge from lead.

A detective investigating a killing stumbled onto a “case within a case,” as he called it, involving long-lost siblings who ...

All 59 Wyoming representatives who were on the House floor on Thursday afternoon voted to convene a special committee to investigate the checks given to lawmakers on the House floor on Monday. Cowboy ...

Mike Shaver argues in favor providing automatic eligibility for Head Start when kids are involved in child welfare cases ...

How about $350,000 within hours? The pitches flood small businesses: "No hidden fees, No BS." These financial lifelines are ...

Eastern Shore legislators, led by delegation Chairman Del. Christopher T. Adams, got an early look Friday at how Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed budget could ...

Coastal Delaware features prominently, with gorgeous photography books capturing the region’s beaches, wildlife, and charming ...

New Mexico lawmakers moved one step closer this week to enacting universal child care, as legislation advanced that would use $1 billion from the state’s early child education trust fund to pay for ...

New York state’s was ranked second-worst in the US for its costly, stringent rules on child care centers, a new analysis ...

The Santa Barbara Planning Commission unanimously approved the expansion of the Orfalea Children’s Center at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a project ...