The change could help stabilize New Mexico’s childcare market, but it also comes with adjustment costs for some providers.

That probably means that a parent — probably the mother — has dropped out of the labor force.

Starting in November, New Mexico will offer free care to all families regardless of their income.

The Trump administration has discussed financial incentives to increase birth rates. But can people be paid to have children?

Already, child care inflation is running nearly double the rate of overall inflation.

The worker-owned co-op shut down in the spring due to staffing shortages. It reopened by raising wages and tuition.