Children

May 15, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed four health-care bills into law today, including measures to help families with developmentally disabled children and young people in foster care. The measures also will assist families unable to afford breakfast for school children and will address health disparities in minority communities across the state.    » read more »

May Numbers Reflect Cover All Kids Expansion

May 14, 2007 -- HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced that the Pennsylvania Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, has reached an unprecedented enrollment of 158,874 this month. This number includes the new families who have been able to enroll under the Cover All Kids expansion of the CHIP program.    » read more »

May 14, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today shared his personal experiences with asthma with a group of children who attend National Jewish Medical and Research Center’s Kunsberg School. It was the first time the Governor has talked publicly about his asthma.    » read more »

Parent Company Mcwane Will Pay $1.5 Million To Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure In Chemung County

Albany, NY (May 10, 2007) – New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced guilty pleas from an Elmira foundry and its former plant engineer for hazardous waste violations. As part of the pleas, the foundry’s parent company will pay $1.5 million to fund a Chemung County-based program to reduce childhood lead exposure.    » read more »

Bill preventing $36 million loss in federal funds among nine signed today

May 9, 2007 -- Child support payments can be crucial to ensuring children’s well-being, which is why Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has signed a bill designed to aid enforcement against delinquent child support debtors.

“A parent’s primary responsibility is to support his or her child, but unfortunately we’ve seen some who are failing to uphold that obligation and are not paying child support,” Sebelius said. “If they are not willing to meet this basic duty, they will face repercussions.”    » read more »

Alcohol Industry Urged to Follow Beam’s Lead

May 8, 2007 - Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell praised Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. today for adopting a comprehensive set of new policies designed to reduce exposure of its advertising to underage persons. Beam Global, the largest distilled spirits company based in the U.S., adopted these measures following talks with state Attorneys General from around the country. Attorney General Sorrell joined 36 other Attorneys General in calling on members of the alcohol beverage industry to follow Beam’s lead.    » read more »

May 7, 2007 -- The largest distilled spirit company in the U.S. is voluntarily implementing a comprehensive set of new policies designed to reduce youth exposure to its alcohol ads. Beam Global has adopted the new policies after a series of talks with Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and attorneys general from 36 other states.    » read more »

Alcohol Industry Urged to Follow Beam’s Lead

May 7, 2007 -- Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto praised Beam Global today for adopting a comprehensive set of new policies designed to reduce exposure of its advertising to underage persons. Beam Global is the largest distilled spirits company based in the U.S. Beam Global adopted these measures following talks with state Attorneys General from around the country. Attorney General Masto joined 36 other Attorneys General in calling on members of the alcohol beverage industry to follow Beam’s lead.    » read more »

Alcohol Industry Urged to Follow Beam's Lead

New York (May 7, 2007) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo praised Beam Global today for adopting a comprehensive set of new policies designed to reduce exposure of its advertising to underage persons. Cuomo joined 36 other Attorneys General in calling on members of the alcohol beverage industry to follow Beam’s lead.

Beam Global, the nation’s largest distilled spirits company, adopted these measures following talks with state Attorneys General from around the country.    » read more »

Quiz Highlights Children’s Vulnerability Online

May 8, 2007 -- Chicago – As part of her continuing efforts to promote Internet safety education, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is encouraging parents and guardians to take an Internet safety quiz titled, “How Aware R U?” The quiz demonstrates the risks that children face online and can serve as a starting point for parents as they learn to recognize online dangers and how to educate their children about these issues.    » read more »

"We Don’t Serve Teens" Campaign urges parents to discourage underage drinking

May 8, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Holly Benson today joined the Century Council to launch a public awareness campaign intended to prevent underage drinking. “We Don’t Serve Teens,” developed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Century Council, is a new initiative designed to inform adults that providing underage youth with alcohol is unsafe, illegal and irresponsible.    » read more »

Alcohol Industry Urged to Follow Beam’s Lead

May 7, 2007 -- Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe praised Beam Global today for adopting a comprehensive set of new policies designed to reduce exposure of its advertising to underage persons. Beam Global is the largest distilled spirits company based in the U.S. Beam Global adopted these measures following talks with state Attorneys General from around the country. Attorney General Rowe joined 36 other Attorneys General in calling on members of the alcohol beverage industry to follow Beam’s lead.    » read more »

May 4, 2007 -- Note: The President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2008 significantly cuts domestic programs while continuing to spend nearly $9 billion every month for the war in Iraq. Each week throughout the month of May, Congressman Murtha will explain how these budget cuts hurt our families and communities throughout the 12th Congressional District. While the President continues to insist on remaining in Iraq indefinitely with no timetable and no strategy for success, we continue to spend over $300 million a day.    » read more »

May 3, 2007 -- Children's exposure to alcohol advertising during early adolescence appears to influence both beer drinking and their intentions to drink a year later, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

The study of children in the sixth and seventh grades found that those exposed to alcohol advertising at high levels – from television, magazines, in-store displays and promotional items like T-shirts and posters – were 50 percent more likely to drink and 36 percent more likely to intend to drink than children whose exposure to alcohol advertising was very low.    » read more »

May 4, 2007 -- OLYMPIA - Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today signed into law several measures that will improve opportunities for young people who have been in foster care. The legislation creates the “Passport to College” program for former foster youth, extends health care coverage until the age of 21 and provides housing stipends to low-income young adults who have been in foster care.    » read more »