I addressed these claims here: Studies show what should be inherently understood—plucking children out of a community they know and putting them in stranger foster care is actively harmful to kids (there’s a reason Casey Family Programs is putting a billion dollars into reducing the number of kids in foster care). [read post]

Louis Vinagro Jr. tells The Providence Journal he hopes to sell 70 acres of land in Johnston, which includes the farm and a recycling business, to make the payment and use the rest to retire. [read post]