During an early April meeting of the Commission on Youth, comprised of state lawmakers, some delegates discussed feeling ...

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office says a search is underway near a hospital for a juvenile who escaped from the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Bon Air is Virginia's only youth prison, which houses young people who are convicted of serious crimes, most of which involve ...

The future of the United States Department of Education is at risk, as efforts to eliminate it gain momentum. Changes under President Donald Trump‘s administration seemed inevitable, given his ...

Washington: In a move that aligns with his long-standing campaign promise, US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order directing the shutdown of the Department of Education. This ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency ...

Pam Bondi vowed at her confirmation hearing this year that “politics will not play a part” in her time as attorney general. Now she’s leading a Justice Department more visibly aligned with ...

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice ...

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The president plans to sign an executive order directing officials to take all “necessary steps” to shut down the department, but a complete closure would require an act of Congress. Donald ...

"We service our community and we service our youth so that that they can be productive citizens," Linda Davis, who works with the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, said. Davis said while ...