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Washington state’s Paid Family & Medical Leave program could hit a deficit as early as March, and there are concerns about long-term solvency following a significant increase in demand for the benefit that launched in 2020.
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Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who was elected in 1992 as a self-described “mom in tennis shoes,” has been fighting for paid family and medical leave for decades. For much of this year, she appeared to be winning. So its defeat from a social spending package Thursday stung Murray and other veteran female lawmakers.
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Workers in Washington have been paying into the state's Family and Medical Leave fund through payroll deductions for the past year. Now, beginning Jan. 2,…