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BADMINTON in Keighley is burgeoning.

The Mohs tournament brings together most of the county's top teams and last year's national champion from San Diego. For a young team like San Clemente, it's an exciting challenge.

A record investment of $24 billion in stimulus money Congress had set aside for child care during the pandemic has helped keep the industry afloat by propping up workers' salaries, boosting training programs and waiving family payment requirements. Now, with the last of that money expiring this month, an estimated 70,000 child-care programs -- or about one in three -- could close as a result of lost funding, causing 3.2 million children to lose care, according to a study by the Century Foundation, a liberal think tank.

A record $24 billion in pandemic investments was helping prop up the nation's industry. Now, as that money runs out, parents and day-care centers are bracing for disruption.