Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 1963, when Carole Whitehead was an unwed 18-year-old mother in New York, she ...

The Department of Public Health and Social Services' Office of Vital Statistics is now issuing official vital certificates ...

Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

Starting July 1, 2024, original birth records will be open to adoptees 18 or older who were born in Minnesota. The state Department of Health is now offering a form that will be appended to original ...

A new North Carolina law allows residents to get certified copies of adoptive birth certificates from their local register of ...

One of the early suggested use cases for blockchain in government, the digitization of birth and death certificates, won a customer and an investor last week. Vital Chain, a Cleveland blockchain ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) made an unannounced policy change Friday, modifying its requirements for Texans seeking to change the sex marker on their birth ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Puerto Ricans who live on the mainland now have an easier way to get their important records, like birth and marriage certificates. The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration ...

Hawaii's health director affirms she has seen Obama's birth certificate. HONOLULU -- In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's ...