Tranel talks child care in Kalispell days ahead of the election

Advocates in Kalispell on Monday pitched Democratic congressional candidate Monica Tranel on how she could help address a lack of affordable child care in the state, including cost sharing and tweaking federal grant requirements.  

Tranel was joined by Kalispell Chamber of Commerce members, Flathead Valley child care providers and state child care licensers for the roundtable discussion.  The gathering came with a little more than two weeks to go to Election Day, when Tranel will face off with Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke for the second time for Montana’s first congressional district.  

“There does seem this sort of fundamental problem of always trying to throw money at the problem, when it's really the cost of everything,” Tranel told attendees.