At the end of last month, billions of dollars in pandemic-era government funding for child care centers expired, leaving experts concerned over access to early learning for […]
Tag: child care
Local childcare advocates push for federal legislation as funding expires and ‘childcare cliff’ looms
MORGANTOWN – A group of childcare advocates stopped at the Morgantown offices of Rep. Alex Mooney and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Wednesday to drop off some […]
Expiration of child care subsidies threatens economy
At the end of this month, states are expected to run through the last of $24 billion in additional federal funding for child care, implemented as part […]
The market is dictating how we raise our kids
by Kathryn Anne Edwards Who wants the government to decide how they should raise their children? This is what opponents fear will happen if the state provides […]
DHHR extends financial support for child care providers
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Family Assistance today announced additional funding to allow child care providers to be […]
Realistic look at Chips Act’s child care
by Claudia Sahm The Biden administration is requiring any semiconductor manufacturer that applies for more than $150 million in subsidies under the Chips Act to submit “plans […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 7: In memoriam
In this special edition of “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid,” we will honor a number of bills that could have improved West Virginia for the […]
Feb. 20 letters to the editor
W.Va. 705 is a tragedy waiting to happen The W.Va. 705 intersection of Chestnut Ridge Road at Pineview Drive is a dangerous and accident-prone intersection for motorists. […]
What else is in the Build Back Better Act?
by Michael Hiltzik EDITOR’S NOTE: This column is continued from “People talk about the cost of that big federal bill …,” published yesterday, Oct. 18. Child care […]
What Manchin gets right — and wrong — about $3.5T bill
In his op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin proclaimed that he won’t vote for a reconciliation package carrying a $3.5 trillion price tag.* *What […]
