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Not a surprise, but to Senate Democrats, clearly a disappointment: 3-year delay proposed for paid family medical leave….

Richard Roesler

This morning, Sen. Karen Keiser and Sens. Brown, Prentice and Tom introduced Senate Bill 6158 , which would delay for three years a planned $250-a-week stipend for workers who take time off to bond with a new child.

These payments, which were championed by Brown and other Senate Democrats but which weren’t linked to a steady source of cash, were supposed to begin in six months.

Hat tip: EFF.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Olympia." Read all stories from this blog