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Vermont Made Child Care Affordable. Could It Lead by Example?

New York Times 14 Feb 2026
Not long ago, Vermont had a population problem. Then Act 76 ushered in affordable child care for the first time in the state’s history ... .
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Iowa child care centers could get federal grants for nights and weekends under Hinson bill

The Daily Nonpareil 14 Feb 2026
Hinson bill aims to boost after-hours child care options with federal pilot funding ... .
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Child care center grants included in Hinson bill

The Courier - Waterloo 14 Feb 2026
Iowa child care facilities would be able to apply ...
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Lawmakers probe nationwide child care fraud

Mount Carmel Register 13 Feb 2026
(The Center Square) — A bipartisan group of senators probed allegations of fraud in the child care industry on Thursday ... .
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NM Senate passes bill to pay for universal child care

Sierra County Sentinel 13 Feb 2026
The New Mexico Senate on Thursday voted 25-15 to pass a child care bill that would only require co-pays from higher-earning families under certain economic conditions like inflation and decreasing oil prices ... .
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Universal child care bill passes Senate after debate over price tag, future sustainability

Albuquerque Journal 13 Feb 2026
Legislation now headed to House would allow for up to $1 billion to be diverted from state trust fund ....
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KY child care is struggling. Lawmakers are rushing this winter to find solutions

Lexington Herald-Leader 13 Feb 2026
An assortment of bills filed so far in the 2026 General Assembly would address child care safety, affordability and availability ... .
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House bill on improving child care access advances

Kentucky New Era 13 Feb 2026
FRANKFORT — A bill stakeholders say will improve child care access for Kentucky families cleared its first major hurdle on Thursday ... .
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New child care center proposed in Burlington

Daily Times Chronicle 13 Feb 2026
BURLINGTON - The Planning Board this week continued a public hearing on a proposed early childhood education center at 0 Cambridge Street, scheduling further discussion for its March 5 meeting ... .
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WATCH: Hickenlooper Condemns Trump Attacks on Child Care, Working Families (John W Hickenlooper)

Public Technologies 13 Feb 2026
... where he leads the bipartisan , which would reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) to help provide quality, affordable child care to America's working families.
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Warren, Duckworth, Quigley, 40+ Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Trump's Immigration Agenda Hurting Families' Child Care Access, Raising Costs (Elizabeth Warren)

Public Technologies 13 Feb 2026
"Rather than making child care more affordable, President Trump has done the opposite by withholding billions of dollars in federal funding from child care providers, and rescinding protections ...
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