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Wisconsin childcare costs keep rising as funding cliff nears
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (720+ words) Childcare costs in Wisconsin continue to rise as providers face a funding cliff at the end of June, according to a report from the state Department of Children and Families. The average cost of childcare in Wisconsin has continued to…...
Opinion | Wisconsin Legislature needs to address the childcare crisis
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (319+ words) The childcare crisis is becoming an increasingly prominent issue among candidates for the Wisconsin Legislature." While Father's Day is still fresh in our memories, dads across our state are reflecting on the highlights of being parents. We were showered with…...
Letter | Lawmakers need to understand importance of childcare
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (267+ words) The Cap Times Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: I am an early educator and have owned an operated a child care center for the past 20 years. I consider it a privilege to get up every day and be the…...
Opinion | Mom taught the value of finding the good in people
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (718+ words) Gertrude Mc Grath, left, passes silverware to Ronnie Booth at a 1960 New Year's Eve Party. "Ronnie should play "The $64, 000 Question," my mother said about our her friend, whom she thought could be a champion on the popular quiz show. As…...
Opinion | Wisconsin families deserve the freedom to build a family
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (713+ words) Juliann Whirry takes her son, Maurice, to the De Forest Public Library after work and day care on Dec. 4, 2025. Whirry is currently pregnant with her second child by in vitro fertilization (IVF), Maurice being her first. For many Wisconsin families,…...
Editorial | UW ban on trans care is hurting kids
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (803+ words) UW Health has an ethical and moral obligation to resume taking care of its pediatric transgender patients. The health system unnecessarily paused care less than a month after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a series of…...
Power couple navigates realities of having two CEOs under one roof
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1004+ words) Along with discussing their roles as CEOs, Don and Julie Fussner also talked at Cap Times Power Hour about married life and how they balance the demands of work while preserving time to spend together and with family. Being a…...
Opinion | Government is choosing which children deserve care
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (364+ words) I write this not only as a pediatrician, but as a parent of a transgender child. I have sat on both sides of the exam room " caring for patients and advocating for my own child's well-being. That dual perspective makes…...
Cap Times to host Youth Press Corps summer camp for young journalists
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (452+ words) The Cap Times will host the 2026 Youth Press Corps at its newsroom this July in partnership with the Greater Madison Writing Project. The Cap Times will host middle and high school students this July for the 2026 Youth Press Corps, a…...
Abortion is still a Wisconsin election issue, on both sides
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) A coat hanger, representing unsafe illegal abortions, hangs from a protester's sign during an abortion rights rally at the state Capitol in Madison on the day Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the U. S. Supreme Court in June 2022. Wisconsin ballots this…...