Alex Sakariassen is a Missoula-based journalist and copywriter with two decades of experience covering arts, politics, the environment and education in Montana. A 2008 graduate of UM’s School of Journalism and former staff writer at the Missoula Independent and Montana Free Press, Alex’s freelance work has appeared in an array of state and national outlets including the Choteau Acantha, Mountain Outlaw Magazine, the LA Times and the Huffington Post. At any given time, there’s at least a 62 percent chance he’s daydreaming about skiing.
Montana child care workers who can’t afford care for their own kids are about to lose the federal subsidy that made their jobs possible — and Gov. Gianforte already vetoed the fix.
Around Missoula and across the state, childcare shortages are keeping tens of thousands of Montanans out of the workforce. Families, providers, policymakers and higher education are searching for a solution.
