Ohio Senate’s budget would roll back proposed funding for childcare

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Senate is looking to remove hundreds of millions of dollars worth of childcare funding from the state’s new two-year budget, compared to what Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio House are seeking. The Senate’s initial budget revisions, unveiled last week, come as childcare affordability and access is becoming an ever-greater problem both in Ohio and around the country and at the same time that the chamber is proposing millions in cuts to the social safety net. Here’s more on what the Senate’s budget plan would do regarding...