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Byline: Kimberly Drelich Jun. 7Major projects in the region, including a Montville animal shelter, an expanded child care facility in Groton, and improvements to Rocky Neck State Park and Harkness [...]

Byline: Eric Young Mar. 18El Paso County parents may not have as much to worry about their kids drinking water with lead at school these days, but the complete removal [...]

Jan. 28AMMAN The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, on Sunday approved the draft nursery bylaw for the year 2024, which aims to encourage the establishment of childcare centres [...]

Byline: Chris Vetter Oct. 2EAU CLAIRE State Rep. Jodi Emerson is still hopeful that the Republican-led Legislature will approve legislation for child care centers before the Child Care Counts Program [...]

Byline: Matthew Baughman Oct. 1EAU CLAIRE Legislative action on child care became one of the major issues discussed during the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce's Eggs and Issues last Friday [...]

Byline: Layla A. Jones Jan. 16It's been almost a year since Philadelphia's City Council passed a lengthy COVID-19 paid sick leave policy, sparking a bipartisan split in the vote and [...]

Byline: Layla A. Jones Jan. 16It's been almost a year since Philadelphia's City Council passed a lengthy COVID paid sick leave policy, sparking a bipartisan split in the vote and [...]

Byline: Shari Phiel Apr. 5With the stroke of a pen, Washington became the 16th state in the nation to allow candidates to use campaign funds to cover child care costs. [...]

Byline: James Mayse Aug. 18On a party line vote Tuesday, a state legislative committee declared the Kentucky Board of Education's state mask mandates for schools was 'deficient,' with the chairman [...]

Byline: Treva Lind Jul. 12Preschool kids have a natural classroom in the outdoors to learn, from finding insects to creating art with pine cones. Now, more outside adventures can begin. [...]

Byline: Megan Guza Aug. 27-- Aug. 27--Join the conversation () Most children across the state are returning to school in partially online , and Pennsylvania leaders say they are adding [...]

Byline: Megan Guza Aug. 27-- Aug. 27--Join the conversation () Most children across the state are returning to school in partially online , and Pennsylvania leaders say they are adding [...]

Byline: James Mayse July 18-- Jul. 18--Gov. Andy Beshear's mandate that people in public wear masks under most circumstances could result in fines for people who refuse to wear them. [...]

Byline: Jared Brown March 15-- Mar. 15--Washington state officials are urging child care providers and after-school programs to stay open amid statewide school closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives [...]

Byline: Rana Husseini Feb. 10-- Feb. 10--AMMAN -- A local organisation has called on the government and labour entities to adopt practical measures to encourage the establishment of more daycare [...]

Byline: Becky Johnson Aug. 29-- Aug. 29--Haywood County Schools began fingerprinting staff in its after-school and pre-K programs this year to comply with a state policy that applies to childcare [...]

Byline: Jim Camden Feb. 22-- Feb. 22--OLYMPIA -- Washington wouldn't require public libraries and parks to be gun-free zones, but child-care facilities would be, under revisions to a bill approved [...]

Feb. 09--AMMAN -- SADAQA, a non-profit organisation, has recently organised a roundtable discussion on possible tax incentives for childcare support in cooperation with UN Women and Bank Al Eithad, according [...]

July 06--Maine's Department of Health and Human Services says it's intent on making it easier for working families in rural Maine to find child care and be able to pay [...]

Byline: Molly Beck May 10--Guards at the state's youth prison would be required to report signs of child abuse under a bill Assembly lawmakers approved Wednesday -- the first to [...]

Byline: Molly Beck May 10--Guards at the state's youth prison would be required to report signs of child abuse under a bill Assembly lawmakers are set to take up Wednesday. [...]

Byline: Michael D. Pitman May 10--BUTLER COUNTY -- Devita Douglas wants to open a sick-child care center for working parents who usually need to work for home -- or take [...]

Byline: Matthew DeFour Dec. 02--Gov. Scott Walker's family commission is calling for a series of state law and policy changes to alleviate poverty by strengthening families. The Future of the [...]

Byline: Matthew DeFour Dec. 01--Gov. Scott Walker's family commission is calling for a series of state law and policy changes to alleviate poverty by strengthening families. The Future of the [...]

Byline: Karn Dhingra Sept. 21--Victoria City Council is considering a measure designed to clarify where a bar can open in relation to a school, church or hospital. The city's current [...]

Byline: Bill O'Boyle Jan. 12--LUZERNE -- Changes in child abuse background clearances resulting from new laws to help further protect children, went into effect on Jan. 1 and state Rep. [...]

Byline: Charly Haley Nov. 25--After months of researching child care needs in Grand Forks, the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Social Infrastructure has released a list of preliminary recommendations. The [...]

Byline: Charly Haley Sept. 04--After the state of North Dakota recently expanded its child care regulations to aid the state's growing need, some local care providers want the city of [...]

July 31--Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said his bill to create uniform standards for placement of American Indian children in foster homes was before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian [...]

Byline: Katherine Gregg July 17--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has signed into law a bill requiring the state to negotiate reimbursement rates, benefits and 'other economic matters' with home-based child-care [...]

Byline: Doug Erickson March 04--A relatively new state law that requires child care centers to install safety alarms in vehicles that transport children tripped up several area child care centers [...]

Byline: Doug Erickson March 03--A relatively new state law that requires child care centers to install safety alarms in vehicles that transport children tripped up several area child care centers [...]

Byline: Lynnea Lombardo Jan. 26--HESPERIA -- Denise and Keith Sidney have run a daycare business out of their Hesperia home for eight years, offering children a home-like environment and a [...]

Byline: State House Bureau March 29--AUGUSTA -- A legislative committee split along party lines Wednesday on a bill that would take away collective bargaining rights for in-home child care providers. [...]

Sept. 19--The issue: A new law will dock child care providers if children in a state-subsidized program don't attend. Our view: This creates a financial problem for providers, but taxpayers [...]

Byline: John Norton Aug. 03--Proposed rules for Colorado child care centers likely won't be up for adoption until January and may not resemble the draft that has drawn fire from [...]

Byline: Patrick Malone July 16--DENVER -- Colorado Senate Republicans sent Gov. John Hickenlooper a letter Thursday urging him to stop proposed regulations they see as onerous at child care centers. [...]

Byline: Kevin Graman Feb. 12--Angel Fairbanks, of Spokane, worries that if proposed cuts in the state's child care subsidy for working families are enacted by the Legislature, she will no [...]

Byline: Scott Wyland Oct. 31--The same group promoting Las Vegas as an adult playground wants to make it more family friendly, at least for conventions. The Las Vegas Convention and [...]

Byline: Stephanie Rice May 8--Positions for five employees who would have been charged with improving enforcement of child care regulations have been axed due to state budget woes. Gov. Chris [...]

Byline: Alyson E. Raletz May 7--A proposed quality rating system for early childhood centers is in danger of staying in its infancy -- again. For the second year in a [...]

Byline: Erin Middlewood Dec. 28--Gov. Chris Gregoire is asking the Legislature for $435,000 to add five employees to the Department of Early Learning who will be charged with improving enforcement [...]

Byline: Reid J. Epstein Jan. 18--For the second time in four months, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has vetoed a bill that would force the county to pay child care [...]

Byline: Reid J Sep. 21--The Suffolk Legislature yesterday failed by one vote to override County Executive Steve Levy's veto of a law that would require the county to pay child [...]

Byline: Carrie Mason-Draffen Sep. 9--DEAR CARRIE: Does any provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act allow full-time working parents to take time off because they lack child care? Many [...]