Child care
South Carolina getting $17M to help Head Start programs

Jun. 26, 2021 11:27 AM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is getting more than $17 million in federal money to help programs that promote school readiness for young children from...

Rescue Plan funds to support child care programs, workers

Jun. 23, 2021 10:13 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act are going to support child care programs and workers in New Hampshire, the state...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 12, 2021. Editorial: Why are the Indians withholding their top name-change options? The...

W.Va. lawmakers approve using federal aid, spending on roads

By Cuneyt Dil Jun. 07, 2021 06:34 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers Monday poured federal funds and extra state cash into road repairs, health care, and education programs such...

Senate budget plan would end Ohio day care quality mandate

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jun. 04, 2021 01:27 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio agencies providing publicly funded day care would no longer have to achieve a quality of care rating to be listed in the state...

Extra federal jobless benefit would end in NC in House bill

Jun. 02, 2021 07:24 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's unemployed would no longer receive the pandemic-related $300-a-week federal unemployment supplement under legislation...

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose with their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle, Windsor, south England, on May 8, 2019. It won't be long before Archie is a big brother. His mother is due to give birth to a baby girl sometime this summer. Hopefully, the introduction of the new sibling will go smoothly, but seasoned parents and pediatric experts warn that the transition takes preparation and diligence. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP, File)
Baby Girl Sussex is coming, so what's big bro Archie to do?

By Leanne Italie May. 25, 2021 07:52 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Want more Texans back at work? Help them get child care Chuck Cohn...

Georgia to spend $95M in federal aid to subsidize child care

By Jeff Amy May. 20, 2021 09:32 AM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia will use federal coronavirus relief money to temporarily pay all the costs of child care for 50,000 children enrolled in a program that...

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Winston-Salem Journal. May 10, 2021. Editorial: Solving a troubling mental health situation A bevy of bills before the...

Colorado extends mask mandate, loosens rules for vaccinated

May. 02, 2021 06:49 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide mask mandate for another 30 days on Sunday, but loosened face covering requirements for groups of people...

Audit: Hurdles slowed COVID-19 grants to poor families in NC

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 29, 2021 03:14 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some low-income families in North Carolina missed out on getting coronavirus relief grants last year because of administrative and...

A currency trader walks near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Asian shares rose Thursday and U.S. futures also were higher after President Joe Biden delivered a speech to Congress that outlined ambitious plans for jobs creating spending on early education, child care and other public services. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asian shares, US futures advance after Biden speech

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 28, 2021 03:10 AM EDT

This photo provided by Hannah Albert on Sept. 23, 2020 shows workers at Braised in the South, a Johns Island, S.C., restaurant and food truck business that is having trouble finding workers during the pandemic. Many small businesses find hiring more difficult because many would-be staffers fear contracting COVID-19 on the job or would prefer to live off unemployment benefits. (Hannah Albert via AP)
Businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Apr. 21, 2021 08:12 AM EDT

FILE- In a July 28, 2020 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state's chief medical executive, addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Michigan on Friday, April 16, 2021, extended by five weeks a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, even for young children in day care, as the state battles the country's highest daily coronavirus infection rate. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Michigan extends mask order, capacity limits amid surge

By David Eggert Apr. 16, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Detroit News. March 27, 2021. Editorial: State can’t delay guidance on graduations Walking across the graduation stage...

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a listening session at the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven, Conn., Friday, March 26, 2021, on how the American Rescue Plan addresses child poverty and education. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Harris praises Connecticut for spending federal aid on kids

By Susan Haigh Mar. 26, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 02:35 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ March 20 Cookeville Herald-Citizen on the sale of...

Kansas state Reps. Brandon Woodard, left, D-Lenexa, and Stephanie Clayton, right, D-Overland Park, confer during a House debate on a bill aimed at ensuring that all public school districts offer all students full-time, in-person classes, Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill sets a March 31, 2021, deadline, and Democrats argue that such decisions should be left to local boards of education. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas county could end mask rule; schools pushed to reopen

By John Hanna Mar. 23, 2021 12:21 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Erie Times News. March 15, 2021. Editorial: PA gets kids’ lunch money We don’t want to attach too much significance to...