child care

The Community Partnership of the Ozarks will expand services at the center in north Springfield to serve families and children.

A top initiative from Gov. Mike Kehoe is in trouble as House Budget Committee considers the chairman’s spending plan, which also has less for state employees pay raises and $139 million for earmarks.

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.

KSMU News talks to Springfield Daily Citizen journalist Jackie Rehwald about her new reporting on the child care crisis currently faced by Ozarks families.