Youth and Children’s Stories
- Indiana mentors: ‘Curfew alone won’t cut it’ By Garrett Bergquist for WISH-TV.Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the WISH-TV-Free Press Indiana-Public News Service Collaboration Mentors who work with troubled youth on Tuesday said a proposed expansion of Marion County’s curfew might work but only if it’s combined with both enforcement […]
- Survey: Gen Z teens don’t know their options after high school Most Gen Z high school students and their parents are unaware of the range of options available to kids after graduation, according to a new survey. The Gallup Panel findings revealed more than half of families know "a great deal" about working at a […]
- IL school districts serving immigrants work to stay low-key The Trump administration has made it clear it will cut funding from schools continuing diversity, equity and inclusion programs and with record levels of Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding for detention and deportation in the new federal budget, more school districts are quietly rethinking their policies. […]
- AR nonprofits prepare to fill gaps from federal funding cuts Among the hundreds of pages making up the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" just signed into law is a requirement some people must work to receive Medicaid coverage, a rule with which Arkansas is familiar. Under the new law, able-bodied Medicaid recipients between aged 19-64 […]
- AR nonprofits prepare to fill gaps from federal funding cuts Among the hundreds of pages making up the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" just signed into law is a requirement some people must work to receive Medicaid coverage, a rule with which Arkansas is familiar. Under the new law, able-bodied Medicaid recipients between aged 19-64 […]
- NV youth can kick off summer with free fishing, hunting license Everybody loves to get something free and right now, kids aged 12-17 can get a fishing and hunting license at no cost from the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The license is good for one year and normally sells for $15. Bobby Jones, outdoor connection […]
- IN parents seek better transportation, more funding for student success School funding is ranked as the top education priority in a spring survey of 850 Marion County voters by the education organization RISE Indy. With 73% of Indianapolis' public school students in grades 3-8 reading below grade level, respondents indicated they want stronger schools and […]
- IN parents seek better transportation, more funding for student success School funding is ranked as the top education priority in a spring survey of 850 Marion County voters by the education organization RISE Indy. With 73% of Indianapolis' public school students in grades 3-8 reading below grade level, respondents indicated they want stronger schools and […]