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Washington’s paid family and medical leave program is a bright spot in 2020 |South Seattle Emerald | December 14, 2020

Nation’s strongest paid family and medical leave program in place on time | Kent Reporter | August 1, 2019

Washington state just rolled out an awesome paid leave plan | Motherly | January 2, 2019

Workers start paying for Washington state’s new paid-leave law in 2019. Here’s how it works. | Seattle Times | December 12, 2018

Legislators respond to women’s activism | South Seattle Emerald | March 14, 2018

Beginning this year, new paid sick and safe leave law goes into effect | Motherly | January 10, 2018

Washington’s new family-leave law is among the most generous in the nation | Seattle Times | July 6, 2017

Bellingham council to consider requiring paid sick leave | Bellingham Herald | July 6, 2015

A Long Overdue (Economic) Gift For Our Fathers | South Seattle Emerald | June 15, 2015

VIDEO: Mother is calling on Gov. Inslee to fund paid maternity leave | KIRO TV | May 29, 2015

McCabe crosses party line on equal pay bill | Yakima Herald | 4/2/2015

A woman’s work is never done: A new economic agenda | South Seattle Emerald | 3/24/2015

Close the gender wage gap | Seattle Times | 3/13/2015

Washington state’s equal pay law may soon get first major upgrade in 70 years | Puget Sound Business Journal | 3/12/ 2015

County Councilmembers introduce legislation for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for county employees | Kent Reporter | 2/26/2015

Take a Sick Day? Not an Option for 1 Million WA Workers | Public News Service | 1/26/2015

Legislators look at bridging gender pay gap | Crosscut.com | 1/23/2015

Seattle restaurateur among speakers at working-families summit at White House | The Seattle Times | 6/23/2014

Washington state Rep. Tana Senn (D) identifies sick leave as a “no-brainer” policy on her campaign literature, especially for those caring for aging parents as well as young children | The Washington Post | 6/23/2014

WA Women at White House “Working Family Summit” | The Washington News Service | 6/23/2014

State House Moves To Require Paid Sick Leave, While Senate Heads in Opposite Direction | Seattle Weekly | 1/30/2014

Statewide paid sick leave required under bill passed by House | The Seattle Times | 1/29/2014

Letter to the Editor: Nudge needed to provide sick leave | The News Tribune | 10/02/2013

Paid sick days are good for business, community | The News Tribune | 09/25/2013

Businesses adjust to Seattle’s paid sick leave law | KUOW | 09/20/2013

Tacoma joins campaign for paid sick days | AFL-CIO Now | 09/17/2013

Tacoma considers sick leave ordinance | KING 5 | 09/12/2013

Seattle’s sick leave policy appears to be healthy for business | KING 5 | 09/10/2013

Paid sick leave, one year later: Where’s our business-killing socialist hellscape? | The Stranger | 09/10/2013

Paid sick leave’s impact on local businesses | KIRO Radio | 09/10/2013

Report: Seattle paid sick leave law not hurting economy | My Northwest | 09/10/2013

A look at impact on Seattle businesses and your pocketbook, one year into mandatory paid sick time | KIRO 7 | 09/10/2013

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Has plan to Add Millions of Nonunion Members | The New York Times | 09/06/2013

Sick leave benefits move closer to Council action | Tacoma Weekly | 09/03/2013

Letter to the Editor: Consider the source | The Seattle Times | 08/25/2013

At least three Hill businesses still have healthy bottom lines under new paid sick leave rules | Capitol Hill Seattle Blog | 08/23/2013

Letter to the Editor: Sick-leave pay in Seattle and beyond | The Seattle Times | 08/22/2013

Letter to the Editor: Sick-leave pay won’t cure all business ills | The Seattle Times | 08/21/2013

Seattle Media Credulously Regurgitate Industry-Funded “Report” on Paid Sick Leave | The Stranger | 08/20/2013

Endless Delays May Doom Paid Family Leave in Washington State | Think Progress | 07/26/2013

Move to offer paid sick leave for Tacoma small business employees | KING 5 | 05/30/2013

Tacoma group pushes paid sick leave ordinance | KPLU | 05/30/2013

Paid Sick Days Next for Tacoma? | Public News Service | 05/30/2013

Group seeks sick leave for all who work in Tacoma | The News Tribune | 05/29/2013

Can the Family Medical Leave Act Be Saved? | Seattle Weekly | 04/26/2013

Family medical leave law deserves wide support | The Olympian | 02/28/2013

Democrats want to fund leave for new parents | Tacoma News Tribune | 02/28/2013

Paid family leave good for kids, parents and employers | Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | 02/27/2013

Boosting the middle class | Everett Herald | 02/24/2013

Business groups take battle over Seattle sick-leave law to Olympia | Seattle Times
02/17/2013

In contrast to local ‘protest’, cities find paid sick leave pencils out | Real Change | 02/13/2013

Paid family medical leave under scrutiny | North County Outlook | 02/12/2013

Opinion: Family and Medical Leave plan good for small business | The Columbian | 02/10/2013

Senate bill would repeal unfunded family medical leave insurance | Bainbridge Review | 02/07/2013

State House weighs family leave expansion | AP | 02/06/2013

Washington House committee considers paid family leave bill | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | 02/06/2013

Sick leave testimony raises Olympia stakes | Crosscut | 02/06/2013

State House weighs family leave | Bellingham Herald | 02/05/2013

Family leave debate continues in Olympia | Seattle Times | 02/05/2013

Washington Lawmakers Consider Expanding Paid Time Off For Families | NW News Network | 02/05/2013

House panel mulls paid family leave expansion | The Columbian | 02/05/2013

WA Lawmakers Debate Paid Sick Time, Family Leave | Public News Service | 02/05/13

Washington Lawmakers Consider Expanding Paid Time Off For Families | Oregon Public Broadcasting | 02/05/13

House committee considers paid family leave bill | AP/The Olympian | 02/05/13

Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act | McClatchy Newspapers | 02/05/2013

Bill would guarantee paid sick leave for most employees in the state | Tacoma News Tribune | 2/4/2013

Family leave provokes fight in state Senate | Crosscut | 01/29/13

Before it’s begun, Family and Medical Leave Act could get axed | KIRO News | 01/28/2013

Washington Family & Medical Leave Program: Expand it or Repeal It? | KBKW | 01/28/2013

Legislators debate paid benefit for Family & Medical Leave Act | Q13 FOX | 01/28/13

Washington Family & Medical Leave Program: Expand it or Repeal it? | KBKW | 01/28/13

Dueling bills introduced on paid family leave law | Businessweek | 01/24/13

Unfunded WA paid family leave law under fire | AP | 01/24/13

Kent’s Keiser proposes expanding state Family Medical Leave Insurance | Kent Reporter | 01/24/13

Paid family leave law: Washington lawmakers introduce dueling bills | OregonLive | 01/24/13

Will state’s Family Leave Act get axed? | seattlepi.com | 01/23/13

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