Shutdown in Minnesota Ripples Out to Day Care
By TALYA MINSBERG and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
NYT
LEXINGTON, Minn. — Among the thousands of people struggling with the state government shutdown here, 14-year-old Skye might be among the most unlikely.
She is not a state worker, nor does she receive direct state aid. But because the shutdown has led Minnesota to cut her mother’s child care subsidy, Skye has been drafted to be the family baby sitter. Afternoons formerly spent playing softball are now spent looking after two of her younger siblings.
“I mean, I went from seeing my friends every day and hanging out to being home every day to take care of my sisters — it’s hard,” she said. “It put a big down on the summer.”
For more than a week, Minnesota has stopped performing all services not deemed critical because Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled Legislature have been unable to agree on a state budget for this fiscal year.
(More here.)
NYT
LEXINGTON, Minn. — Among the thousands of people struggling with the state government shutdown here, 14-year-old Skye might be among the most unlikely.
She is not a state worker, nor does she receive direct state aid. But because the shutdown has led Minnesota to cut her mother’s child care subsidy, Skye has been drafted to be the family baby sitter. Afternoons formerly spent playing softball are now spent looking after two of her younger siblings.
“I mean, I went from seeing my friends every day and hanging out to being home every day to take care of my sisters — it’s hard,” she said. “It put a big down on the summer.”
For more than a week, Minnesota has stopped performing all services not deemed critical because Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled Legislature have been unable to agree on a state budget for this fiscal year.
(More here.)
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