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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

NY: Juvenile Justice

Between 2010 and 2019, felony arrests of people younger than 18 were down 53%, according to The Sentencing Project. (Adobe Stock)
Youthful-Offender Status Reform Gives New Yorkers a Chance at a Clean Slate

NEW YORK -- This month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law advocates said gives young people who were caught up in the criminal-…

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A new Sentencing Project report finds 6% of arrests for minors are for serious or violent offenses that might pose a threat to public safety, while 56% account for property crimes, drug crimes and violations of probation. (Adobe Stock)
‘Raise the Age’ Reforms Lead to No More Youths in NY Adult Prisons

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Rates of youth incarceration in adult jails and prison are down to zero since New York raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18…

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Students rallying at City Hall in New York City call for more guidance counselors and fewer police in public schools. (Photo: Urban Youth Collaborative)
Youths Act to End School-to-Prison Pipeline

NEW YORK -- Students in New York City are calling for school safety to be taken out of the hands of the police department. They call it the school-…

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Every year an estimated 218,000 youth are admitted to juvenile detention facilities nationwide. (motortion/Adobe Stock)
Fewer Youths in Juvenile Detention Amid Pandemic

NEW YORK -- A recent multi-state survey of juvenile detention shows the COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic impact on the juvenile justice system…

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In 2015, almost 300 girls were admitted to long-term juvenile detention in New York State. (gerasimov174/Adobe Stock)
Keeping Girls Out of NY Juvenile Justice System

NEW YORK -- Getting to zero, that's the goal of a project begun in New York to end the incarceration of girls in the juvenile justice system…

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One study found that low-risk youth put on probation were 50 percent more likely to re-offend. (Jess.xn/Twenty20)
Report Recommends New Focus for Juvenile Probation

NEW YORK — A new report says reforming probation practices for juveniles could increase their chances for success. In the past 20 years…

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Even a short stay in jail can affect employment, housing or child custody. (Michael Fleischhacker/Wikimedia Commons)
Hotline Brings Help to NYers After Arrest

NEW YORK - The first phone call after an arrest can be critical, and now a hotline in New York City is helping make sure it counts. More than a …

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In 2016, students in New York City public schools experienced 1,263 arrests. (Steven Depolo/Flickr)
Report Calls for End to NY School-to-Prison Pipeline

NEW YORK - Juvenile-justice advocates say New York City is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on a punitive approach to school discipline…

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Nationally, 1 in 4 African American students has or had an incarcerated parent. (Amanda Mills/pixnio.com)
Report: Mass Incarceration Increases Achievement Gap

NEW YORK -- Mass incarceration of African Americans has contributed significantly to the racial achievement gap in the nation's schools, according to …

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New York has ended the use of solitary for 16- and 17-year-olds in state prisons, and the Onondaga County Justice Center has been ordered to do the same. (Officer Bimblebury/Wikimedia Commons)<br />
Court Orders NY Jail to Stop Putting Juveniles in Solitary

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A federal judge has ordered the Justice Center in Syracuse to stop putting 16- and 17-year-olds in solitary confinement…

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People ordered to empty their pockets often then are arrested for having marijuana in public view. (houstondwiPhotos mp/flickr.com)
Assembly Bill Would Seal Pot-Arrest Records

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A bill to seal the criminal records of New Yorkers arrested for marijuana possession has cleared the state Assembly. Personal …

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DOJ Supports Lawsuit to End Juvenile Solitary

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The U.S. Justice Department has submitted a "statement of interest" in a lawsuit seeking to end the solitary confinement of …

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