After an I-TEAM investigation and a recent supplemental grant from the state, the Richmond County Board of Education agreed to provide additional funds to address the growing needs among homeless students and the record number of teens missing from the classroom.
Community & Public Health

School-based juvenile justice complaints decreased when children were not in school during the pandemic, but what about now?

Regulators looking to focus on transparency, staffing and worst performers.

Recientemente, Willmington, California ha perdido más vidas de lo usual. El poder, la contaminación ambiental, y las dinámicas socioeconómicas tienen la culpa.

When schools shut down at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, juvenile delinquency complaints decreased. Here’s what it means — and what it doesn’t.
Kyeland Jackson reports the first in a three-part series on a little-known Medicaid policy.

South Bethlehem faces a complex list of challenges like housing affordability, but residents remain optimistic that they can help their city leaders solve these problems if they get a seat at the table.

Experts say you should break it down, beginning with deciding whether a nursing home is the right fit, or whether this is the right time.
A USA TODAY investigation has traced a string of casualties back to one nursing home chain, Trilogy Health Services.

A seemingly simple question — how many nursing home residents have gotten sick and died — has often turned into a political minefield.