When I talk to employers around the state, public education and higher education, skills training, our technical college, all of that matters a lot of. But the thing that I hear again and again is We need child care because we've got a big workforce shortage in the state. and there are many jobs where they are going unfilled or people are not able to expand and make the investments in their business that they want to because they don't have the workers to do that job. (28:36–28:41)
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Asserts that a lack of child care contributes to workforce shortages in the state.
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