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 ...

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 ...

The California Assembly committee on public safety blocked a bill that would increase the charges for human trafficking. The Golden State lower house committee considered Senate Bill 14, which would ...

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 ...

Assembly Bill 957 passed 57 to 16 on Friday. It now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) desk. If it becomes law, it would require judges to consider a parent’s opinion of their child’s gender identity ...

RIVERS OF A DECISION FOLLOWING INTENSE PRESSURE FROM STATE LEADERS AND PUBLIC OUTRAGE, A KEY GROUP OF LAWMAKERS CHANGING THEIR MINDS TODAY ON A PROPOSED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING LAW. ON TUESDAY, THE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state Assembly passed a bill to eliminate the school revenue limit increases that are the result of Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEXT FOR THIS PROPOSAL. IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY APPROVED THE LATEST PUSH TO PROTECT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS WHO ARE 16 AND 17 YEARS OLD. ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE THE ...