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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

After various family support policies were dropped from federal legislation earlier this year, states have been left to their own devices to stabilize child care and boost the economic well-being of their families. And in Nebraska, voters approved a $15 minimum wage , which will support family economic stability.

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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

The Hechinger Report

But for years after, the quest for a voucher would interfere with her quest for economic stability. The program has never been funded at the level that it needs to be to be able to meet the need, said Rachel Wilensky, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. She hoped it would only be a temporary setback.

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2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Decline of Progressive Congressional Challengers in 2024 Suggests there Won’t be Another AOC

Political Science Now

In a working paper, I study the emergence, election, and policy impact of the post-Sanders progressives who ran for Congress on the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. The paper relies on interviews with 42 former progressive candidates and causal estimates of progressive challengers impact on Democratic incumbents behavior.