South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden shot down a bill which would have expanded the state's child care assistance program for ...

In recent weeks, 20% of federal staff at the Office of Head Start and 25% at the Office of Child Care were laid off. Here’s ...

Join Washington legislators and child care experts at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, for a live Zoom discussion on the ...

After years of dropping, the rate of families struggling to get by increased after the pandemic, leading more children to ...

In their 2025 budget plans released Monday, the state Assembly and Senate proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in new ...

PIERRE — South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden shot down a bill which would have expanded the state's child care assistance program for certain child care employees. Rhoden vetoed an amended House Bill ...

A proposal to expand South Dakota’s child-care subsidies, so that they would cover many of the child-care workers whose ...

Child care costs are sky high, averaging $17,000 a year and surpassing college tuition in 38 states. Families are struggling ...

Here's a look at some of the major bills that made it to Gov. Larry Rhoden's desk — and those that didn't — this year.

South Dakota child care providers say they’re “heartbroken” over Governor Larry Rhoden’s veto of a bill intended to address the child care ...