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• Multi-year campaign to solve Nebraska child care issues launches
  Rural Radio Network · Aug 26, 2026
• Nebraska group launches Child Care Can campaign to address child care shortages
  KFXL · Aug 25, 2026
• Nebraska group launches Child Care Can campaign to address child care shortages
  KHGI · Aug 25, 2026
• As Nebraska childcare costs grow, advocates launch statewide campaign to expand access
  KETV · Aug 25, 2026
• New coalition aims to sharpen Nebraska’s competitive edge, has single focus: child care policy
  NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · Aug 24, 2026
• New Campaign Seeks More Affordable Child Care Statewide
  klin.com · Aug 24, 2026
• New coalition aims to sharpen Nebraska’s competitive edge, has single focus: child care policy
  Nebraska Examiner · Aug 24, 2026
• New group launches campaign for more Nebraska childcare subsidies
  Nebraska Public Media · Aug 24, 2026
• LIVE at NOON: Multi-year campaign to address Nebraska’s child care challenges
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 24, 2026
• Childcare advocates launch statewide campaign, say investment will help solve Nebraska's budget deficit
  Lincoln Journal Star · Aug 24, 2026
• Statewide campaign calls for more investment in Nebraska’s child care industry
  WOWT · Aug 24, 2026
• Child Care Can campaign targets Nebraska’s affordability crisis
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 24, 2026
• Statewide campaign calls for more investment in Nebraska’s child care industry
  WOWT · Aug 24, 2026
• FULL PROGRAM: Child Care Can campaign addresses Nebraska child care challenges
  knopnews2.com · Aug 24, 2026
• Child Care Can campaign targets Nebraska’s affordability crisis
  KSNB · Aug 24, 2026
• Two Women Charged with Child Abuse at Kearney Daycare
  SSBCrack · Aug 22, 2026
• Ribbon cutting ceremony held for new Early Head Start facility in Kearney
  Central Nebraska Today · Aug 20, 2026
• Two Kearney women charged with child abuse after alleged incident at daycare
  Central Nebraska Today · Aug 20, 2026
• US Child Care Operators Face Legal Action Over Safety Breaches
  asatunews.co.id · Aug 20, 2026
• DHHS Opens Applications for Intergenerational Child Care Grants
  klin.com · Aug 20, 2026
• Two charged in connection to child abuse at Kearney daycare
  KHGI · Aug 19, 2026
• Women Who Care - Hall County awards preliminary grant to childcare center
  KSNB · Aug 18, 2026
• Women Who Care - Hall County awards preliminary grant to childcare center
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 18, 2026
• Women Who Care - Hall County awards preliminary grant to childcare center
  WOWT · Aug 18, 2026
• 'Heart of Brown Bear': Families remember mother, daughter killed in daycare murder-suicide
  KFXL · Aug 18, 2026
• Women Who Care - Hall County awards preliminary grant to childcare center
  KSNB · Aug 18, 2026
• New Horizon Academy sees demand for quality childcare, opens second of four Omaha-area sites
  Omaha World-Herald · Aug 17, 2026
• 10-month-old Kentucky girl dies in car after grandmother forgot to drop her off at daycare
  KHGI · Aug 15, 2026
• 'I don't understand': 6-year-old allegedly died after being left in hot daycare van
  KFXL · Aug 14, 2026
• 6-year-old girl dies after being left in hot daycare van, says family
  Valley News Live · Aug 14, 2026
• 6-year-old girl dies after being left in hot daycare van, family says
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 14, 2026
• Doctor forgets to drop grandchild off at daycare on her way to work, leading to baby’s death in hot car, police say
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 14, 2026
• The Friday Five: The Latest Child Care and Early Learning News
  First Five Years Fund · Aug 14, 2026
• New survey shows bipartisan support for reducing childcare costs
  klkntv.com · Aug 14, 2026
• Husband in murder-suicide at home daycare stabbed wife, daughter with screwdriver: report
  KFXL · Aug 13, 2026
• Man used a screwdriver to kill his wife and daughter at a Minnesota daycare, police say
  News-Press NOW · Aug 13, 2026
• Man used a screwdriver to kill his wife and daughter at a Minnesota daycare, police say
  News-Press NOW · Aug 13, 2026
• Husband in murder-suicide at home daycare stabbed wife, daughter with screwdriver: report
  KHGI · Aug 13, 2026
• Man kills wife, daughter at home daycare before taking his own life, police say
  WOWT · Aug 13, 2026
• Man kills wife, daughter at home daycare before taking his own life, police say
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 13, 2026
• Minnesota daycare murder-suicide likely linked to killing of 78-year-old woman: police
  KHGI · Aug 13, 2026
• Minnesota man kills his wife and daughter at a daycare after killing another relative
  News-Press NOW · Aug 13, 2026
• Minnesota daycare murder-suicide likely linked to killing of 78-year-old woman: police
  KHGI · Aug 12, 2026
• Man kills a woman and their child at a Minnesota daycare before taking his own life, police say
  News-Press NOW · Aug 12, 2026
• Ready, Set, Grow! Back-to-school tips from Ebenezer Childcare Centers
  Kearney Hub · Aug 12, 2026
• Minnesota man kills his wife and daughter at a daycare after killing another relative
  News-Press NOW · Aug 12, 2026
• Our Town Holdrege: A focus on child care
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 11, 2026
• Our Town Holdrege: A focus on child care
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 11, 2026
• Our Town Holdrege: A focus on child care
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 11, 2026
• Our Town Holdrege: A focus on child care
  WOWT · Aug 11, 2026
• Childcare is too expensive and too hard to find. A Nebraska lawmaker is working to change that
  NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · Aug 10, 2026
• Cranger Kirmes Feuerwerk - Finale Childcare (4kIkQgm0n4)
  Mshale · Aug 10, 2026
• Warren Buffett's Most Iconic Lecture EVER (MUST WATCH) Child Care (iyCI5PmMsJ)
  Mshale · Aug 8, 2026
• Early Childhood Professionals Invited to 5th Annual Child Care Professionals Renewal Summit Near Cozad
  Rural Radio Network · Aug 7, 2026
• Early Childhood Professionals Invited to 5th Annual Child Care Professionals Renewal Summit Near Cozad
  Rural Radio Network · Aug 7, 2026
• Early Childhood Professionals Invited to 5th Annual Child Care Professionals Renewal Summit Near Cozad
  Rural Radio Network · Aug 7, 2026
• TMCO opens childcare center for employees
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Aug 7, 2026
• TMCO opens childcare center for employees
  knopnews2.com · Aug 7, 2026
• Aug. 6 | Child care costs rise, property tax relief falls short
  Nebraska Public Media · Aug 6, 2026
• Medica Awards $60,000 Grant to Expand Childcare Access in Lincoln County
  North Platte Post · Aug 6, 2026
• Childcare is too expensive and too hard to find. A Nebraska lawmaker is working to change that
  Nebraska Public Media · Aug 5, 2026
• The Friday Five: The Latest Child Care and Early Learning News
  First Five Years Fund · Jul 31, 2026
• One mom’s child care conundrum became Milford’s nonprofit solution
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 30, 2026
• One mom’s child care conundrum became Milford’s nonprofit solution
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 30, 2026
• Mother says she forgot infant who died in hot car was in backseat after dropping off 2 others at daycare
  KSNB · Jul 30, 2026
• One mom’s child care conundrum became Milford’s nonprofit solution
  WOWT · Jul 30, 2026
• Community solutions for Nebraska's child care crisis
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 30, 2026
• Ricketts on high cost of childcare
  norfolkneradio.com · Jul 30, 2026
• Nebraska families feel financial strain at crossroads of child care and career
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 28, 2026
• Nebraska families feel financial strain at crossroads of child care and career
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 27, 2026
• Nebraska families feel financial strain at crossroads of child care and career
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jul 27, 2026
• New Nebraska law aims to keep families from losing childcare
  Omaha World-Herald · Jul 25, 2026
• 18-month-old dies after being left in daycare transport vehicle for 8 hours
  KHGI · Jul 25, 2026
• 18-month-old dies after being left in daycare transport vehicle for 8 hours
  KFXL · Jul 25, 2026
• Ashland childcare provider accused of child abuse; daycare ordered to close
  Lexington Clipper-Herald · Jul 24, 2026
• Baby violently assaulted by woman at unlicensed home daycare: police
  KHGI · Jul 24, 2026
• Evansville daycare worker arrested for failing to report child abuse, officials say
  WOWT · Jul 23, 2026
• Civil rights groups sue HHS for cutting child care, family assistance
  FOX 29 Philadelphia · Jul 23, 2026
• Ashland childcare provider accused of child abuse; daycare ordered to close
  Lincoln Journal Star · Jul 23, 2026
• Woman arrested after 8-month-old dies at unlicensed Ohio daycare
  KHGI · Jul 23, 2026
• Ashland daycare provider charged with seven counts of child abuse
  River Country News Channel Nebraska · Jul 21, 2026
• Ashland daycare provider charged with seven counts of child abuse
  Northeast News Channel Nebraska · Jul 21, 2026
• Ashland daycare provider charged with seven counts of child abuse
  Platte Valley News Channel Nebraska · Jul 21, 2026
• Upside Down Childcare to offer school supply drive to elementary students
  River Country News Channel Nebraska · Jul 20, 2026
• Upside Down Childcare to offer school supply drive to elementary students
  Northeast News Channel Nebraska · Jul 20, 2026
• Missouri shelves childcare payment overhaul as thousands remain on waitlist
  News From The States · Jul 20, 2026
• Ashland daycare owner accused of physically abusing, neglecting children, court documents state
  KETV · Jul 20, 2026
• Nebraska daycare owner faces child abuse charges
  yahoo.com · Jul 20, 2026
• Student parent launches petition to reopen UNO Child Care Center
  unothegateway.com · Jul 20, 2026
• Mother says videos of her sons at daycare led to teacher's arrest
  KHGI · Jul 19, 2026
• Petition started to bring back UNO child care
  WOWT · Jul 15, 2026
• Dozens of parents sign petition to reopen UNO Child Care Center
  WOWT · Jul 15, 2026
• Denver will no longer require childcare facilities to be licensed by the city
  Denverite · Jul 14, 2026
• California ranks among 10 priciest states for childcare. See what families spend
  Sacramento Bee · Jul 13, 2026
• Grand Island Childcare Provider Sentenced to 60 to 90 Years in Infant’s Death
  Rural Radio Network · Jul 9, 2026
• Omaha nonprofit to build first-of-its-kind foster care facility combining childcare and trauma services
  WOWT · Jul 9, 2026
• Norfolk YMCA sees an increase in childcare demands
  rivercountry.newschannelnebraska.com · Jul 9, 2026
• KRVN 880 – KRVN 93.1 – KAMI - Grand Island Childcare Provider Sentenced to 60 to 90 Years in Infant’s Death
  Rural Radio Network · Jul 9, 2026
• Nonprofit announces new childcare facility
  WOWT · Jul 8, 2026
• Childcare centers helping food-insecure families
  wowt.com · Jul 7, 2026
• Indiana childcare workers warn proposed FSSA rule changes could weaken workforce
  Indiana Public Radio · Jul 7, 2026
• Nebraska communities aim to launch substitute network for childcare as staffing shortages continue
  Nebraska Public Media · Jul 6, 2026
• Indiana childcare workers warn proposed FSSA rule changes could weaken workforce
  WFYI · Jul 6, 2026
• These states have the highest child care costs in the U.S.
  Yahoo Finance · Jul 4, 2026
• Holdrege childcare partnership doubles incentive for providers with longer hours
  nebraskapublicmedia.org · Jul 4, 2026
• Californians spend among most on childcare in the nation, study finds
  The Desert Sun · Jun 30, 2026
• State dismisses emergency suspension of Lincoln childcare license
  Lincoln Journal Star · Jun 29, 2026
• What adult day care costs — and how to save
  Care.com · Jun 23, 2026
• Eastern Nebraska woman sentenced for abusing child at unlicensed day care
  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · Jun 22, 2026
• Child found in middle of the road after escaping daycare
  WWNY · Jun 19, 2026
• Gov. Pillen, Senators, and Childcare Advocates Celebrate Signing of LB 304
  Office of Governor Jim Pillen (.gov) · Jun 17, 2026
• Jury hung in child care provider negligence case
  Hastings Tribune · Jun 17, 2026
• Nebraska governor, lawmakers celebrate permanent extension of childcare subsidy eligibility
  Nebraska Public Media · Jun 16, 2026
• 'Stay in the workforce, stay off welfare': Income eligibility for child care subsidies permanently raised
  KETV · Jun 16, 2026
• Where Fathers Spend the Most Time on Child Care — 2026 Father’s Day Study
  SmartAsset.com · Jun 15, 2026

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