“I don’t know how they can look at these children and say, ‘You don’t deserve this. This is too much for you.’”

Wisconsin state Sen. Kelda Roys regarding the decision to end funding for a pandemic-era child-care subsidy program, which handed out nearly $600 million to more than 4,900 child-care providers from March 2020 to March 2023. Gov. Tony Evers proposed using more than $300 million in state money over the next two years to make the program permanent. Republicans rejected the plan. (Associated Press — June 16, 2023)