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Today, child care advocates and Democratic lawmakers said more funding is needed to address the child care crisis. Their message for Republicans comes just days before 2022-23 budget deadline.

A growing number of parents struggling to find childcare and childcare center executives say a staff shortage is the center of it.

Advocacy groups Start Strong PA and Trying Together said the child care crisis affects the whole economy.

Lehigh Valley officials and leaders called for increased child care funding in the state budget at a panel discussion in Allentown.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker Bryan Cutler sat before a group of 14 3- and 4-year-old children in Bard Hall on Millersville University’s campus Thursday morning to read the “Inch

Data from Start Strong PA found that 91% of child care programs said they experienced a staffing shortage.

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“If you want the economy to be stimulated you have to have quality care," one parent says.

Start Strong test results released along with new school report cards have lawmakers pressing the state to detail its plans to help students catch up.

Easy access to increasingly "outlandish" online porn is shaping the way young people think about sex and relationships