Head Start

SACRAMENTO — Speaker John Pérez wants voters to know something: Cash may be cascading into state coffers as it hasn't for years. Democrats may totally control the Assembly with a new supermajority. But they're not going to be drunken sailors....

A Hartford-based federal grand jury is gathering information on possible criminal activity at the region's anti-poverty agency, the Community Renewal Team, deepening the legal complications faced by the embattled, multimillion-dollar non-profit...

When I wrote the other day about Community Services for Children and its innovative Early Head Start — SafeStart program, I made the point that intervening to help young children at risk is a classic case of "pay me now or pay me later." Spending...

Remember those old Fram oil filter commercials? "You can pay me now or pay me later." Your car isn't the only area where later is much more expensive. As a society, we spend a lot of money on foster care, special education services, juvenile detention...

Dr. Gordon E. Dammann, chairman and founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md., will speak at the Tuesday, May 22, meeting of the Sharpsburg Historical Society at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall in Sharpsburg.  Dammann will present...

TALLAHASSEE — With Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's VP pick of Paul Ryan, the partisan praises are pouring into the inboxes — including from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who was rumored to be a candidate, and former Gov. Jeb Bush,...

Q: My son’s girlfriend has four young sons. Three of the boys live with them and she has shared custody of her fourth. The boys are out of control and do not listen at all. My son said he would like to take a parenting class and I think that they...

It's widely assumed, including by some readers of this blog, that anyone who worries about deficit spending must be a conservative. Actually, progressives have a big stake in bringing down the level of federal borrowing. Here's why: the federal government...

The Board of Directors of Childcare Network of Evanston (CNE), an Evanston-based non-profit supporting high quality child care and early education, welcomed seven new board …...

While trying to blame Republicans, the White House predicts big losses of money and jobs in Florida because of budget cuts that will squeeze schools, work-study programs, Head Start, environmental protection, law enforcement and defense. The automatic...

The association that represents Pennsylvania's Head Start Program providers is out with a new summary of how sequester cuts will hurt programs for low-income children in the coming year. This according to the Pennsylvania Head Start Association: "Head...

Beau Biden, Delaware Attorney General and son of Vice President Joe Biden will join Allentown mayor Ed Pawlowski in a swing through Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon. It's one of three events Biden, an Iraq War vet, will be participating in on behalf of...