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An advocacy group says thousands of New York City children have languished in foster care for years. The group, called Children's Rights, says the problems include Family Court delays; inadequate casework; and a lack of urgency throughout the child welfare system. Commissioner John B. Mattingly says the Administration for Children's Services is working to shorten foster care stays.
EVANSVILLE — Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., was being credited Saturday by anti-abortion advocates with playing an integral role in crafting an agreement that enabled House members to pass a national health care reform bill after a day of debate. The House version of the bill passed 220 to 215 on a vote largely along party lines. Ellsworth voted for the bill. Ellsworth and his legislative staff ...
Venezuelan Jewish groups partnered with a leading developer to restore the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in South America.
When Sarah Palin spoke in April in Evansville, Ind., at the Vanderburgh County Right to Life banquet, it wasn't supposed to be a political event.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 / Christian Newswire / -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in the 50 states, issued the following statement regarding today's actions in the House of Representatives on the health care restructuring legislation, H.R. 3962.
ASHEVILLE — UNC Asheville's Amnesty International Student Chapter will hold its sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival this week, with daily screenings at 7 p.m. Monday-Friday in the Highsmith University Union.
Shoppers at St. Luke Lutheran Church Saturday did more than just find items for themselves or some Christmas gifts, although they certainly did that as well. Through their purchases at the Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Fair, shoppers were providing income, dignity and hope to people in developing regions of the world.
An agreement on abortion language hammered out with direct input from Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., and his staff set the stage for the health care debate taking place today in the House. Representatives in the House are expected to vote on a bill later tonight. At least one anti-abortion advocate said Saturday that Ellsworth was integral to resolving the impasse among Democrats. “He was ...
President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.
NASHVILLE - Republican legislators are split over whether to chastise the state's largest anti-abortion organization for supporting a Democrat. House Republican Leader Jason Mumpower has drafted a letter to Tennessee Right to Life President Brian Harris declaring that endorsement of Democrats would harm prospects for passage of anti-abortion legislation. Mumpower e-mailed a copy of the letter ...
A.W. Callaway Post 70 of the American Legion meeting, 2 p.m., Raleigh County Public Library. Beckley Chapter of Amnesty International meeting, 2 p.m., New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 911 S. Kanawha St., Beckley. Call John Newby or Tom Kinraide at 304-252-4016.
At Wisconsin Right to Life's fund-raising banquet, Palin rallies thousands of abortion opponents.
Where's the outrage? What sort of headline is Army doctor blamed in base rampage to describe the worst attack ever on a military installation in this country?
Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities."
A year after the state adopted a proposal to expand embryonic stem cell research, state scientists say the voters' will is being defied by pro-life West Michigan lawmakers.
West Allis — Less than two weeks before the release of her memoir "Going Rogue," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was on message during a Friday night speech to anti-abortion activists at State Fair Park. "Let's simplify, we're pro children," Palin told thousands of people who attended a $30-a-ticket fund-raiser for the Wisconsin Right to Life Education Fund. In a personal and passionate speech ...
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