Latest Child care News
Wisconsin Republicans pass $2B tax cut heading for a veto by Gov. Tony Evers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature gave final approval on Tuesday to a $2 billion income tax cut that's part of a package also aimed at lowering child care costs, which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto. Republicans gutted a $1 billion...
Wisconsin Assembly delays vote on $2 billion tax cut headed for a veto by Gov. Tony Evers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Thursday delayed giving final approval to a $2 billion income tax cut that's part of a package also targeting child care costs, which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto. The Senate passed the...
Toddler critically injured in accidental shooting after suspect discards gun on day care playground
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A toddler in Las Vegas was hospitalized in critical condition after finding a gun on a day care playground that had been discarded by a teenager who was fleeing after opening fire on a city bus, authorities announced Friday. Deputy Police Chief Reggie Rader said...
Kansas day care worker caught on video hitting children is sentenced to 10 years in prison
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City day care worker who was caught on surveillance video kicking, hitting and shaking children was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. Rachel Beth Schrader was arrested in 2021 after coworkers noticed that an infant was injured and...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times. October 30, 2023. Editorial: Don’t rush to lift Illinois moratorium on new nuclear power plants Permanent, safe disposal of still-radioactive spent nuclear fuel and security are unresolved issues. The time to lift the moratorium is after those...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 20, 2023. Editorial: In Missouri, as in Washington, political extremism thwarts good public policy In an unusually blunt assessment of what ails his party, the Missouri Senate’s top Republican this week lashed out at congressional...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal-Star. October 18, 2023. Editorial: Small changes can have big impact on child care crisis Sometimes, it’s easier to start with baby steps. This is perhaps true, appropriately, in the case of the ongoing child care crisis in Nebraska, a...
Wisconsin Senate passes $2 billion income tax cut, rejects Evers' $1 billion workforce package
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a $2 billion income tax cut as part of a package also targeting child care costs, which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto. Republicans gutted a $1 billion Evers package that he called on them to...
Evers finds $170M in federal dollars to keep pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will use newly discovered federal dollars to keep a pandemic-era child care subsidy program going for another year and a half, his administration announced Monday after Republican legislators refused to devote any more money to the program. ...
The owners of a California home day care were arrested after 2 children drown in backyard pool
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The mother-and-daughter owners of a California home day care were arrested after two children drowned in the backyard pool earlier this month, authorities said. The two 1-year-olds died Oct. 2 while at Happy Happy Daycare in the Almaden neighborhood of San...
