Childcare providers and parents will be gathering at the state Capitol this morning to rally and outline the next steps needed to address the crisis of affordable childcare. They say what was passed in last week’s state budget is entirely inadequate to prevent continued closures, which will give parents fewer options and make the state’s labor shortage worse. Also: Our Week In Review panel wants headlines to stop playing dumb by using question headlines? Less “Is Trump Violating the Constitution?” and more “Trump Is Violating the Constitution.”

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