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Barriers to child care kept an estimated 66,000 Montanans from fully engaging in the workforce in 2023. Families, providers, policymakers and higher education are searching for a solution.
As the Biden administration highlights its economic efforts, Black women say they need more resources to launch and sustain new businesses and create generational wealth.
To draw women into the semiconductor and construction industries, the CHIPS Act requires companies to provide child care. But will it boost the supply of care, or exacerbate an existing crisis?
New guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission strengthens protections for transgender and nonbinary employees in American workplaces for the first time in 25 years.
Participation by 130 single caregivers in a guaranteed income program resulted in increased financial stability — but it also made space for parenting and quality time.
New regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will give millions of workers, many of them low-income women of color, access to unpaid leave for the first time.
The disparity in Biden’s White House is slightly smaller than it was in Trump’s, but women still earn less. The biggest difference, though, is in their policies.
The mayor of Rochester, Minnesota, is piloting an initiative to close the industry's equity gap for women through offering training and child care.
About 90 percent of the proposed child tax credit changes are aimed at expanding how much the lowest-income families can receive. But the proposal faces a difficult road to passage.
The gap exists across industries but is bigger in higher-paying fields, leading to more calls for policies that aid women in the workforce.