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Dawn Huckelbridge
Coverage of Dawn Huckelbridge in the Nexus archive.
- State paid leave laws build national pressure
Forty-two states plus DC have expanded paid leave access since 2020, with Virginia's governor recently signing a paid sick leave law. The US remains the only wealthy nation without a national paid leave policy, but advocates hope the growing patchwork of state laws will pressure Congress to enact a federal policy, especially if Democrats win the majority in the fall.