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The state legislature has once again failed to enact Raylee’s Law. The frustration of that moment has given way now to analysis about what happened – and how to move forward.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe bill would increase the minimum number of officers in the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit from six to 21.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia was chosen for a federal audit due to the highly publicized death of a teen in 2024, as well as reports of the state's overburdened Child Protective Services workforce.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMorrisey laid out six reforms to the state’s child welfare system aimed at beginning a new era of transparency.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA West Virginia couple has received the maximum sentences for abusing their adopted children. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather received a term of up to 215 years in prison Wednesday. Her husband, Donald Ray Lantz, got a term of up to 160 years. They had been found guilty of forced labor, human trafficking and child abuse and neglect.
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