About 30 bills have been filed as of Friday, Jan. 17 related to child care, pre-K and paid parental leave. Most of the bills ...

A family in Texas had a child welfare investigator arrive at their home due to a directive from Governor Greg Abbott stating that health care that is medically necessary for treating gender dysphoria ...

Republican South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace asked Democratic Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett if she wanted "to take it outside" during a contentious House Oversight Committee meeting on ...

In addition, draconian approaches to illegal immigration have led to undocumented women avoiding medical care, for fear of being deported. The result is what one Texas law enforcement official ...

The shocking rise in the number of newborn babies found abandoned in Texas has unnerved communities, raising urgent questions about women's reproductive health. At least 18 babies have been ...

The ATF rule, introduced in April 2022, amends the definition of a firearm to include self-assembly kits. It also stipulated ...

Click here for instructions on opening this form. Child Placing Agencies regulated by Child Care Licensing use this form to provide a rationale for a person who requires a risk evaluation: whose ...

She said she served on the Better Hometown Program with Carter and helped form the Friends of Jimmy ... Bagwell lived in Plains as a child and was back to visit family. “I’d say he’s kind ...

Becky Gates Children's Center and Charlotte Sharp Children's Center will be closed on Tuesday due to inclement weather.

Advocates say interstate compacts, which allow professionals to use their work licenses in multiple states, can solve Texas’ ...

Child care providers face such thin margins that eliminating licensing fees could help them keep their doors open.

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas repatriated a Mexican national who was living in Houston, and wanted in his native country for raping a child. ICE said in a news release ...