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...

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...

Businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled
By Joyce M. Rosenberg Apr. 21, 2021 08:12 AM 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...

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:
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Cookeville Herald-Citizen on the sale of...

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...