Main Street Alliance: Demands child care investments be restored in state budget

MADISON— Yesterday, Senator Howard Marklein, Rep. Mark Born, and Joint Finance Committee Republicans struck child care funding from the state budget, putting thousands of child care centers at risk of closure. Wisconsin risks losing 87,000 child care slots for working families from Hayward to Hartford.  This $480m budget allocation would stabilize the industry. Without it, tens of thousa...