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Liz McQuillen: Child care, housing Kentucky’s most urgent challenges

Image The Daily Independent - Ashland 22 Jan 2026
Two systems increasingly determine whether families across Kentucky can stay working and stable. child care and housing ... .
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Child care advocate, Tarrant native runs for office with focus on young Texans

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 22 Jan 2026
A candidate running for Texas House is campaigning to solve child care issues that impact the Abilene area and her hometown of Fort Worth ... .
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DC mayoral candidate Lewis George shares positions on child care, taxes, feds

NBC Washington 22 Jan 2026
... in the District, child care and taxes in an interview with News4.
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Cut the fraud, not child care

The Vindicator 22 Jan 2026
... on to a letter from child care groups across the country, asking the federal Administration for Children and Families to continue funding the Child Care Development Block Grant and other resources.
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YouTuber Nick Shirley exposes Minnesota child care fraud ‘red flags’ in congressional hearing

New York Post 22 Jan 2026
WASHINGTON — Conservative journalist Nick Shirley testified before a congressional panel Wednesday that the “red flags” he witnessed while reporting on the welfare scandal in Minnesota were in plain sight ... FOX News. “Gov ... 3 ... FOX News ... 3.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Pettersen, Evans, Crank, Neguse, Crow, DeGette Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate Colorado Child Care Funding (Michael F Bennet)

Public Technologies 22 Jan 2026
CCDF funds the Colorado Child Care ... Colorado uses CCDF dollars to fund the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program, which helps over 18,000 families access child care for more than 27,000 children.
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Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act to Address Child Care Fraud (Marsha Blackburn)

Public Technologies 22 Jan 2026
... Activity (Stop Fraud by SOMALIA) Act, which would strengthen penalties for child care providers who commit fraud and impose immigration consequences on fraudulent child care providers who are not U.S.
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"Overwhelmed" Colorado families fear loss of child care aid amid federal funding freeze

CBS News 22 Jan 2026
The Colorado Department of Early Childhood said in a statement, "CCDF is a critical federal funding source helping eligible families afford child care and supports child care providers and the early childhood workforce across Colorado.
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B.C. premier says 'significant decision' coming from Ottawa on $10-a-day child care

CBC 21 Jan 2026
Advocates say the $10-a-day child-care program has stalled under David Eby. B.C.’s premier says a “significant decision” on affordable child care is coming soon from Ottawa. But operators worry that means cuts ... .
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As Mamdani focuses on child care, plan to tax the rich is put aside

Bennington Banner 21 Jan 2026
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Kathy Hochul stood before a stadium packed with Zohran Mamdani fans last fall, eager to share the momentum the candidate had generated. But 10,000 of his supporters were drowning out her speech, chanting "tax the rich" ....
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Hochul's $260 billion budget emphasizes child care, ends tax on some tips, increases school funding

Image The Post-Star 21 Jan 2026
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a $260 billion state budget Tuesday to expand child care across New York, end taxes on tipped wages, impose taxes on alternative nicotine products and extend corporate franchise taxes through 2029 ... .
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More than 1,000 cases of child care overpayments in Illinois over 5 years

Image Mount Carmel Register 21 Jan 2026
(The Center Square) – In the past 5 years, the state of Illinois has found more than 1,000 instances of taxpayer funded overpayments to child care providers ... .
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