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Childcare providers across Wisconsin are calling on state lawmakers to support proposed legislation
to extend funding for the Childcare Council Program.
The Childcare Council Program was a major topic during negotiations on the new biennial
state budget earlier this year.
After declaring 2025 as the year of the kid, Governor Tony Evers repeatedly said he would
not sign a budget that did not include childcare counts funding.
Lawmakers eventually agreed on creating a $110 million bridge payments program as part
of $360 million in total childcare funding in the new budget.
However, childcare providers say the payments aren't enough to continue covering their
needs.
Part of the challenge is finding a way to both make childcare more affordable for families
while also paying providers a living wage.
The proposed legislation would provide over $440 million in state general-purpose revenue
to support the childcare industry over the next two years.
Republican state lawmakers have proposed their own legislation under which childcare providers
could receive business tax credits for themselves and their staff.
As the federal government shutdown continues, over a dozen school districts located on tribal
lands in Wisconsin have not received the usual federal funding that they depend on.
According to a WPR report, the federal impact aid program was established over 70 years
ago to make up the gap in tax revenue for school districts on non-taxable federal land
like tribal land.
Wisconsin school districts were issued a total of around $23 million for the 2025 fiscal
year, but the distribution of that funding has been delayed.
Officials from the National Association of federally impacted schools say the first round
of impact aid payments were supposed to be distributed over recent weeks.
Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown and U.S. Department of Education cuts, however,
school districts like Black River Falls, Ashland and Hayward have not received their payments.
District officials say they've been forced to dip into reserve funding just to pay their
teachers and could consider hiring freezes or cutting after school programs if the issue
continues.
For civic media news, I'm James Kelly.
The Bucks fall in Toronto.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports, NBA.
The Bucks are playing back-to-back games and it's showed it lost by 28 to the Raptors,
on 28 to 100.
They're back in Milwaukee today, getting ready to host the Chicago Bulls Friday night at
seven in the first round of the NBA Cup.
College basketball, the Wisconsin Badgers need to work more on their defense at Coach
Greg Gard after the winover Campbell Monday night.
We got a little antsy, I thought at times and then got burnt because of it, which is
good.
It's a good teaching moment for us all shown when they're up in the air, spinning around
while the balls getting dribbled by.
That's why we say 90 percent of the game is played with your feet on the floor.
It's hard to move when you're up in the air, when the balls get dribbled by you.
Little things that if we continue to clean those things up will become a better defensive
team.
They host Northern Illinois on Friday, NFL, the Packers placing Tucker Kraft on injured
reserve and elevated Josh Wiley, a titan originally from the Titans from their practice squad to
the 53 man roster to replace Kraft with sports on Mike Clemens.
Mostly sunny today are high right around 55 this afternoon, tonight it will be clear
with a low dropping to around 30 tomorrow, mostly cloudy with a high of 52, I'm meteorologist
Sean Cable.