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ACT wants to freeze minimum wage and reduce youth training rate
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (319+ words) The ACT Party would freeze the adult minimum wage for three years and reduce the training minimum wage for workers under 20 years old to 60 percent, if re-elected. Those are part of ACT's wider small business policy package, which includes allowing…...
How much does it cost to raise a child in 2026?
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (862+ words) Raising a child through age 18 now costs $303,418 — the first time that figure has topped $300,000, and a jump of nearly 28% in just three years. And that's before a single college tuition bill arrives. Below is a breakdown of what each stage…...
Finding Your NYC School Options: A Free Live ShortlistED Demo
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (129+ words) Brooklyn Bridge Parents Finding Your NYC School Options: A Free Live ShortlistED Demo Searching for an NYC elementary, middle, or high school? Join Kensington parent and ShortlistED founder Sarah Mahr Confessore for a free online demo on Tuesday, September 22 at…...
Roper Technologies' Procare Acquires Child Care Management Platform Playground
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (38+ words) marketscreener.com Published on 09/14/2026 at 01:47 pm EDT Roper Technologies, Inc.: A compounding machine built on niche software January 27, 2026 at 04:03 am EST...
A decade of better-resourced childcare in 2770 shows what funding can change
5+ hour ago (185+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Australia’s childcare sector, professionally known as early childhood education and care, may have spent the past year in recoil following successive revelations of federal and state staff screening failures. But…...
Marlborough Child Care Provider Chosen For State Pilot Program
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (244+ words) MARLBOROUGH, MA — A Marlborough-based child care program will be allowed to serve more children through a new statewide pilot. Moreira's Child Care & Preschool, operated by Ivana Moreira, is one of 30 programs selected for the Department of Early Education and Care’s…...
CUPE Manitoba Supports Free Daycare for Low-income Families
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (304+ words) WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – Manitoba’s largest union announced their support for the Government of Manitoba’s initiative providing free child care to low-income families. “Manitoba has quickly taken the lead as providing the most consistent, affordable and high-quality child care,” said Gina McKay…...
Early years sector 'thrilled' as P.E.I. restores child-care support funding to March | CBC News
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (601+ words) The province says pedagogical support workers in P.E.I. child-care centres will continue to be fully funded until the end of March 2027, following months of pushback and lobbying from the early years sector. The support staff positions are unique to Prince Edward…...
Can this expanded program make it more affordable to raise a family in S.F.?
15+ hour, 16+ min ago (1718+ words) For many San Francisco families, preschool is cheaper this year. It's also more complicated. Mayor Daniel Lurie's expansion of the Early Learning for All subsidy has made two-thirds of the city's young families eligible for assistance paying for daycare and…...
California, Hawaiʻi families need to make over $100,000 to survive with a stay-at-home parent and one child
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (392+ words) Nationwide, the cost of raising one child from birth through age 18 has climbed to about $300,000. Relying on one income while raising a child may be especially difficult in places like Hawaiʻi and California, which remain among the most expensive states…...