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This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. CHIRENO — Every day, Courtney Bush has to figure out who can pick up her kids. It’s not an easy decision, even after wrestling with it for ...

Texas families increasingly lack access to child care options, a new report found. CHIRENO — Every day, Courtney Bush has to figure out who can pick up her kids. It's not an easy decision, even after ...

With no child care options or after-school programs in her rural East Texas town, Bush sometimes leaves work early. And when that isn’t an option, she calls her sister in Lufkin — which is about 34 ...