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A trio of tax credits, along with a funding boost for a subsidy program for low-income children, won a mention in Gov. Mike Parson’s annual State of the State address last week.
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DHSS is set to deploy $4.3 million in new funding, approved by the Missouri General Assembly, to enhance the quality and accessibility of health care services for pregnant women and new mothers.
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Child care providers in Missouri feel like they don’t have a seat at the table when it comes to laws affecting their livelihood. To fix that, they’re…
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Providers and families adversely affected by a new child care law spoke about their personal experiences and offered potential solutions to lawmakers on…
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Children are being pushed into unlicensed child care homes and out of child care facilities entirely through an unintended effect of a new law passed to…
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Parents could gain a way to compare the quality of child care providers under legislation signed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.The bill signed Wednesday…
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Legislation pending before Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon would require new oversight of some unlicensed child care centers.The legislation would require state…
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon wants to expand subsidized child care to more than 2,800 children whose parents are gradually moving up the pay scale at…
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Gov. Jay Nixon has signed into law more than two dozen bills covering a variety of topics, including disturbances of worship services, workers' compensation and child care providers. The governor's office announced the bill signings Tuesday. One measure makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally disrupt or interrupt a worship service with profanity, noise or indecent behavior. Violators could face fines of up to $500 and six months in jail. The workers' compensation measure bars employees from suing each other for accidental on-the-job injuries. Lawsuits still could go for forward when someone purposefully and dangerously injures a co-worker. Under the daycare bill, judges could prohibit defendants in cases of abuse, neglect or the death of a child from providing child care services for pay until the case is resolved. Follow St. Louis Public Radio on Twitter: @stlpublicradio