SALEM â Members of Oregonâs congressional delegation and its legislature are working to improve support for families with young children.
Megan McMillan has known for a while how important quality child care is, and how difficult it can be to find in the Portland area. The pandemic also taught moms like her how hard it is to go without it.
âAfter enduring attempts to work from home full-time, with two kids under 5, I can tell you with no doubt that child care is the work that makes all other work possible,â she said.
The growing consensus that child care is a necessary part of a functioning economy â and that Oregonâs patchwork of providers isnât up to the job â has pressed elected leaders from Salem to Washington, D.C., to pursue major changes.
SALEM — On the same day Gov. Kate Brown shut down indoor dining in 15 Oregon counties, Rep. Earl Blumenauer urged restaurants, bars, food trucks, tasting rooms, catering companies and