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With a growing shortage of childcare centers in the state, Governor Mark Gordon has signed house bill 188 into law. It loosens rules for how many families a nanny or babysitter can care for. In the past, they could only watch the children of one family. Now, they will be able to care for two families’ children. The hope is this will offer rural communities an emergency option if their childcare center closes down. 285 daycares have shuttered across the state since 2011, leaving thousands of Wyoming parents unable to go to work.