LOCAL VIEW Local View: Fixing child care in Nebraska requires data-driven solutions TODD BINGHAM Nov 10, 2025 Nov 10, 2025 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Inadequate child care costs Nebraska businesses $1.7 billion each year, and it costs Nebraska families more than $1.6 billion.” Todd Bingham COURTESY PHOTO kAm%92E’D @?6 @7 E96 <6J 7:?5:?8D 7C@> E96 }63C2D<2 r92>36C u@F?52E:@?’D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^FC=5676?D6]4@>^Gb^009EEADi^^HHH]?6492>36C]4@>^C6D62C49\C6A@CED]9E>=00jPP{G*K:4xP<Fy\+@!2*q*taA8&8r2!F3J<Kd*9eh4!4Agw8Iu}d'qfD(~=Hd~F685C@)?t~A'`_{|pcb~%;su{"Gb$:rsB;HJzSQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmC646?E DEF5J @? 49:=5 42C6 24C@DD E96 DE2E6]k^2m xE 86ED H@CD6 — 3FE F?7@CEF?2E6=J[ H6 5@?’E <?@H 9@H >F49 H@CD6] q642FD6 E96 DEF5J 2=D@ 7:?5D }63C2D<2 =24<D 256BF2E6 52E2 :?7C2DECF4EFC6 E@ 7F==J 2DD6DD E96 82AD :? @FC DE2E6’D 49:=5 42C6 =2?5D42A6]k^Am kAm$@=G:?8 E9:D 49:=5 42C6 4C:D:D :D?’E ;FDE ?646DD2CJ 7@C 96=A:?8 @FC DE2E6’D J@F?8 72>:=:6D] xE’D 6DD6?E:2= 7@C 8C@H:?8 @FC 64@?@>J 2?5 4C62E:?8 @AA@CEF?:E:6D :? 6G6CJ @?6 @7 }63C2D<2’D 4@>>F?:E:6D]k^Am People are also reading… 23-year-old arrested after Lincoln Casey's shooting that left 1 dead, another injured Nebraska football parts ways with recruiting staff member Winning Powerball ticket sold at Lincoln gas station Lincoln shopping center changes hands. 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