Michigan lawmakers took a significant step toward modernizing the state’s Amber Alert system as two bills, collectively known as “The Rowan Act,” received unanimous approval from the House committee on Veterans and Families.

Arizona’s governor has signed legislation to create an alert system for Native Americans who have gone missing in the state.

An Amber Alert issued Monday morning for two infant boys kidnapped from the city of Livonia was one of only two active Amber Alerts in the U.S. that day.

Here are the specific circumstances in Michigan that would allow law enforcement to activate the alert system:

The Emergency Alert System Test will be sent to all televisions, radios and cell phones.

The kidnapping and brutal murder of a 9-year-old Texas girl is what inspired the AMBER Alert system.

The kidnapping and brutal murder of a 9-year-old Texas girl is what inspired the AMBER Alert system.

A social media platform is working with the U.S. Department of Justice AMBER Alert system to help raise awareness of missing children more efficiently.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people.