First hour: Child care subsidies...as a business investment
Second hour: Unshackle Upstate's 2016 legislative scorecard; then, NFIB's 2016 legislative scorecard
Over the past 15 years, the number of Monroe County children benefiting from child care subsidies has fallen substantially. Today we take a look at what that means from a business standpoint. It might seem crude, but it turns out there's a direct relationship between child care funding and the success of the local business community. That subject is the specialty of Rob Grunewald, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He's in Rochester as a guest speaker, and he's one of our guests on Connections:
- Rob Grunewald, economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Jenn O'Connor, Council for a Strong America
- Larry Marx, executive director of The Children's Agenda
Second hour: Speaking of the business community, we open with Greg Biryla, executive director of Unshackle Upstate. The pro-business group is out with their legislative report card. How did Albany do, in the eyes of this organization that works to reduce onerous regulation and encourage growth? We'll find out. Then we'll talk to Mike Durant, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), who will share NFIB's legislative scorecard.
