BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - The state Assembly will hold a public hearing on how poverty affects children and families and the ways it keeps people from achieving self-sufficiency. At the hearing Tuesday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This is not about vague feelings or misunderstandings," Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) said of her bill to make child ...

SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 On Accountability And Oversight held a hearing on Wednesday to assess the devastating consequences of the Trump administration’s attempted freeze of ...

Mike Bobseine, the Democratic Party and Working Families Party candidate for the Assembly seat currently held by retiring Assmblymember Andy Goodell, supports state legislation to provide social media ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Wisconsin currently lacks a state statute defining grooming a child for sexual activity. This legal gap means child predators who groom children, often through texting or online, ...

After an embarrassing debacle, California finally managed to pass a bill that would create harsher penalties for child sex traffickers. But there are still questions that need answers: Why did ...