Burgum unveils plan for North Dakota’s child care ‘crisis’
Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota would spend up to $80 million in state savings over the next two years to address child care in the state, under a proposal pitched Tuesday by Gov. North Dakota has “tens of thousands” of unfilled jobs, and many families “have to make a choice to work and pay for child care or not work at all,” Burgum said. “As long-time champions for making child care more accessible and affordable in North Dakota, we support these proposals, and we believe they don’t go far enough because of the scale of the crisis,” Fargo Democratic Sen. Kathy Hogan said. Democrats “have proposed several bills to improve child care over the years, but unfortunately Republicans in power did not act to prevent today’s crisis.” The oi-rich state’s financial reserves are flush with cash and far ahead of forecasts due to strong oil prices, steady production and an influx of federal coronavirus relief funds.
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