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BOSTON — State lawmakers are making another push to approve a plan expanding access to child care options for parents while attracting and retaining new workers to ease chronic staffing

BOSTON — State lawmakers are making another push to approve a plan expanding access to child care options for parents while attracting and retaining new workers to ease chronic staffing

Gov. Maura Healey named action to make housing more affordable and her administrations economic development plan as top priorities headed into 2024.

A majority of state lawmakers support a bill to make child care more affordable and deliver better pay to early educators.

BOSTON — Her first year in office is winding down, and Gov. Maura Healey is enthusiastic to point out where she thinks she has succeeded: signing into law a billion-dollar

BOSTON — A bill aiming to make early education and care more affordable for families and to invest in the industry to keep teachers in the field — an issue

BOSTON — Legislation that would offer families financial assistance with the cost of early education and child care and address the stability of the industry would lead to huge increases

If we are to build resilient communities for all residents, affordable, high-quality child care must be recognized as a key public health imperative.

Tiffany Haddish and Common split in late 2021. Learn about the comedian and rapper's past low-key relationship.

Massachusetts faces a workforce crisis, with a shrinking number of 20- to 40-year-old workers.