01.22.2009 | The Olympian | The paid-family-leave program that the governor suspended to save money could reappear, only bigger. It would be paid for with a 2-cents-an-hour payroll tax on most employees. Any such tax would have to be approved by voters, but the chairwoman of the state Senate Health Care Committee is confident that the public would approve it. | More
Family leave expansion law mulled
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