Local lawmaker backs budget that shares child care costs with employers and state

Intergenerational day care bill draws support

While a bill to allow intergenerational day care centers drew support during a public hearing Thursday, Department of Public Health and Social Services Director Theresa Arriola raised concerns.

Local lawmaker backs budget that shares child care costs with employers and state

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Although there is still a lot of work to be done before Ohio's next biennium budget is finalized, one local lawmaker says help could be coming to families forced to choose between getting a job or providing child care for their kids. Read next: Sam’s Club to change store layouts, eliminate checkout lanes State Representative Lauren McNally says the budget version passed in the House this month includes the creatio…

Providers, parents bring the call for child care support to the Capitol • Wisconsin Examiner

Child care providers, parents and advocates arrive at the state Capitol Wednesday, April 16, 2025, for a rally in support of child care funding. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)Hundreds of child care providers and parents rallied outside the state Capitol Wednesday, then headed inside to buttonhole lawmakers of both parties, urging support for a $480 million provision in the next state budget for Wisconsin’s child care providers. “Child c…

Providers, parents bring the call for child care support to the Capitol

Hundreds of child care providers and parents rallied outside the state Capitol Wednesday, then headed inside to buttonhole lawmakers of both parties, urging support for a $480 million provision in the next state budget for Wisconsin’s child care providers. “Child…

Families, child-care workers call on Saskatchewan government to sign deal

The Saskatchewan NDP was joined by families and child-care workers at a rally to call on the Sask. government to sign the agreement to extend the $10-a-day child care deal.

State Debate: Milwaukee civic leaders explain why day care improvement is so necessary

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