In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether it’s the so-called…
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If the tragedies of the last month show us anything, it is that the current child protection system is drastically failing, and it must be reformed.
This study on the nationwide impacts of the historically high UI has simply confirmed what many have been sounding the alarm on for weeks: if you pay people to stay home, they will.
A prominent refrain in the pandemic recession-recovery story has been the persistent labor shortage seen across the United States. Coupled…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills’ Economic Recovery Committee released recommendations urging the administration to spend $1.1 billion to support and…
Governor Janet Mills earlier this month released her 10-Year Economic Development Strategy for the state, the first undertaking since 1993. While well-intentioned,…
Governor Mills on Wednesday released her 10-year economic development plan for Maine, the first such undertaking in our state since…
Expanding access to affordable child care is of pressing concern to many Maine families. As we’ve noted in the past,…
The Editorial team at the Bangor Daily News (BDN) held onto my recently published Op-Ed just long enough to put…
Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services recently held public hearing for a flurry of child care bills…
For many families with young children, especially single-parent households, child care is critical to being able work and earn a…