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Childcare is a major cost-of-living issue for Montana families.

Efforts by Montana legislators and Gov. Greg Gianforte to tackle Montana’s childcare shortage this year have produced several new laws, including measures that expand a program helping lower-income families pay

What’s still on and already off the table as Montana lawmakers pick their spending priorities in banner budget surplus year.

Under the scholarship program now, a single parent who earns $2,300 a month would pay a $320 copay. But under the bill, the same family would pay $161.

Labeling the “extraordinary demand for child care” in Montana as a “crisis,” the state health department said it would follow recommendations to improve the system.

Published: 12:13 PM December 17, 2020    Carroll Thompson and the Midwifery Ambassadors Choir perform Somewhere Over The Rainbow as "Carroll of Hope". - Credit: Best Beginnings More than 50 midwives have joined forces with "Queen of Lovers Rock" Carroll Thompson for a charity single as a "Carroll of Hope". The cover of Somewhere Over the Rainbow celebrates midwives who have helped birth more than 500,000 babies across the UK since the first lockdown. It is part of a campaign to raise £...

Britain’s biggest midwifery choir has launched a new charity Christmas single, with the aim of raising £500,000 — £1 for each baby born since the beginning of the pandemic. More than 50 midwives have joined forces to create Caroll Of Hope, a Covid-themed cover of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, featuring Carroll Thompson, a British lovers rock singer. The song celebrates the medical staff who have helped birth 500,000 babies across the UK since the first lockdown. Money raised will go to char...