Mother of woman in custody also arrested in case of Texas boy found after 8 years

APNewsBreak: Mother of woman in custody also arrested in case of Texas boy found after 8 years - The Washington Post:

HOUSTON — Texas authorities arrested and charged a second woman with kidnapping Friday in the widening case of a Houston boy who disappeared eight years ago and was found earlier this month.

Toddler's Death in Foster Care Prompts Review of Agency

Toddler's Death in Foster Care Prompts Review of Agency:

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP)

A 10-month-old boy's death in foster care has prompted a review of the Virginia Beach Human Services Department. The review will be conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Child Welfare League of America.

Court denies class in Texas foster care lawsuit

Court denies class in Texas foster care lawsuit - Houston Chronicle:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a class action in a lawsuit challenging Texas' foster care system, but sent the case back a lower court to try again.

'Foster care not better than life at home'

The Hindu : Opinion / Interview : 'Foster care not better than life at home':

The final decision of the court — which was unanimous — to place the children in foster care until they attain majority and to limit the parents' visiting rights to just three visits per year of an hour's duration appeared cruel, illogical, drastic to most Indians and it mystified us. Especially since the County Committee on Social Affairs (also known as the Fylksesnemnda, or District Welfare Board) had ruled that there was no emergency and that the children should be sent home. What is your reading of it?

Grandma pic sent from a good friend

I had to share this awesome picture sent from a good friend. My heart is filled with love for ALL my grandchildren, including the grandchildren I am fighting to bring home!

State Demands Child Take Cancer-Causing Drugs

State Demands Child Take Cancer-Causing Drugs:

Goes to court insisting that boy endure dangerous course of medication

In what is being seen as a preview of a fully implemented Obamacare, government officials in Michigan are demanding that a 9-year-old child follow standard procedure and take a dangerous course of cancer medications that can cause additional cancer – even though the boy has had three scans indicating an absence of the disease.

: NH House Committees will have Subpoena Power - Update on Rule Change & Meaning

DMVC Productions: NH House Committees will have Subpoena Power - Update on Rule Change & Meaning:

annmarietimmins of the concord monitor tweeted at 10:48 am today the following:

#NHHouse votes 241-114 to let cmttes or Speaker alone - not full House - to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify. #nhpolitics

Thank you New Hampshire Legislator's

What this means is:

A rule change was made to establish a procedure for considering and issuing subpoenas. No subpoenas have issued and no request to issue a subpoena is before the Rules Committee, which now must authorize the issuance of a subpoena and can only do so following a public hearing.