child care
Fact-checking what’s being said around Whatcom’s Proposition 5
October 21, 2022
Kai Uyehara
Whatcom voters will decide Nov. 8 on the Healthy Children’s Initiative, a property tax measure to fund child care and early-learning programs.
Economic mobility starts at birth
October 12, 2022
Mauri Ingram
Commentary: Even though everyone wants to give their children more and better opportunities than they had, the deck is stacked in favor of babies born to families steeped in “social capital.”
Voters asked to approve child care support as demand exceeds supply
September 29, 2022
Matt Benoit and Sadie Fick
Whatcom County voters will decide in November whether they will fund change for an overburdened child care system: Part 2.
Child care shortfall frustrates families, hampers local economy
September 22, 2022
Matt Benoit and Sadie Fick
Demand far outstrips the supply of available and affordable child care locally. The problem is multifaceted, as solutions also will need to be: Part 1.