Child Care Is Eating 20% of Family Income—Forcing Parents to Drain Savings and Delay Big Purchases

The cost of child care could exceed $1,000 a month, or about 20% of the average family's income. Some parents are cutting ...

'It's pretty devastating' | Study shows gap in child care costs vs. Hoosiers' salaries

A Lending Tree study found a wide discrepancy between costs of comfortably affording child care and Hoosiers' average salary.
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Bill would enshrine universal child care in state law, with a few economic off-ramps

Lawmakers initially balked at the Lujan Grisham administration's request for an additional $160 million in the coming year to pay for the universal child care initiative. New Mexico became the first ...

Child care funding cuts that target blue states, Illinois included, are blocked

A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction in the case concerning the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 ...

Twin Cities child care centers on edge, parent patrols watch for ICE

During a recent public hearing before the St. Paul City Council, Angela Clair recounted hearing a woman screaming as a ...