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The federal government has cancelled its plans to convert a large warehouse in Lakewood into a temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children from Central...
A new report commissioned by National Council of La Raza details the psychological and economic trauma suffered by children and families affected by immigration...
More than 167,000 Colorado children have no health insurance, and nine million children are uninsured nationwide. It's a hot issue in Washington this week...
A bill that would allow unmarried couples to adopt children together passed through the House Health & Human Services committee Thursday. Several gay women...
An interview with House Majority Leader Alice Madden
It's back to school time and the problem of childhood obesity-and how schools might help curb it-is...