-
Tennessee will soon ensure the rights of foster care youth under a measure headed to the governor’s desk.
-
Tennessee has one of the largest foster care populations in the country. And a new report from Belmont Innovation Labs has found that those youth are suffering once they age out of the system.
-
A majority of board members expressed support for bringing new gun-sensing tech into schools.
-
After a child’s death, a 170-year-old Kentucky youth welfare institution is on the verge of collapseBellewood and Brooklawn has been serving Kentucky children since the 1850s. But after the death of a child there last July was ruled a homicide, the institution faces an uncertain future.
-
“Conversion therapy” is dangerous for LGBTQ youth, and bipartisan support for prohibiting it grew in recent years. But this session, lawmakers passed an anti–LGBTQ law instead.
-
New guidance from the Kentucky Department of Education advises school districts to remove sex ed from fifth grade curriculum and tread cautiously with bathroom bans.
-
Over the past three years, Louisville has seen a spike in gun violence involving young people. Data shows residents ages 25 and under are more likely than any other age group to be involved — either as a victim or a suspected shooter.
-
Two 17-year-olds will be tried as adults in April 2024 for the alleged murders of Tyree Smith and Cortez Duncan.
-
Senate Bill 150 bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids in Kentucky and restricts which bathrooms those students can use in public schools.
-
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has allowed a bill criticized as a “book-banning” measure to become law without his signature.
-
For 50 years, JCPS had essentially two start times, an early one for middle and high schools, and a later one for elementary schools. Next year will be totally different.
-
Kentucky Senate Bill 150 would require doctors to discontinue gender-affirming hormone therapy for trans patients under 18 years old. Three doctors say that could endanger the kids’ mental health.