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On eve of paid family leave bill debut, some workers may...

Democrats are poised to release a landmark bill to create a paid family leave insurance program in Colorado, a dream years in the making...

Here are five hot spots of the 2020 legislative session Businesses...

A political advertisement, paid for by a Washington, D.C.-based group made up of mostly drugmakers, insurance companies and private hospitals, aired last month on...

Colorado Democratic senators pump brakes on paid family leave program Senators...

An internal split among Democratic senators scuttled lawmakers' fifth attempt at passing a long sought-after paid family and medical leave program this legislative session....

Family leave bill rewritten to address pushback from businesses Proposed family...

Zoey Palmer said she wanted to spend more time caring for her stepmother after she underwent open-heart surgery. But the 31-year-old from Denver couldn’t...

Democrats seek paid family leave by requiring workers to buy insurance

This story was updated on May 1 after a Senate committee killed the bill.  In 2009, Kris Garcia took a week of unpaid leave from...

Coffman gets on board with “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act”

Colorado congressman Mike Coffman got props from the women's rights community yesterday as he signed on to be the first Republican co-sponsor of the "Pregnant...
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