Commission calls for allowing campaign funds to be spent on child care
By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated February 23, 2021, 5:49 p.m.
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One-year-old Francis Ojugbana played in a jumper while spending Friday afternoon at Kiddies Corner, a daycare in Mattapan. A new report shows that child care is an appropriate campaign expenditure when itâs the âdirect result of the candidateâs campaign activities.âErin Clark/Globe Staff
A legislative commission is recommending that political candidates be allowed to spend campaign funds on child-care expenses while theyâre running for office, a move supporters say would make it easier for more parents to participate in politics.