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I jut got these beauties at a plant swap. I can’t tell the difference but one is a white knight, white wizard and white princess. #gardening #growandglow

People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy The risk is greatest among Black women in states with abortion bans, according to a new report.

19thnews.org/2025/04/abor... “What we do see is it’s worse for Black women in banned states compared both to their counterparts within the state and compared to Black women’s outcomes in supportive states.” “It gives strong evidence that this public policy choice is leading to terrible outcomes.”

Lawmakers Settle On A New Two-Year Budget That Focuses On Housing Anxiety over the possibility of federal budget cuts was the backdrop for budget negotiations this year.

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Bills to require paid family leave for people caring for newborns or family members with serious health conditions also failed to pass. Lawmakers voted to establish a working group to further study that idea, which has been debated time and again at the Legislature.

The Earth Needs To Be Protected, But So Do Working People Rising temperatures threaten more than ecosystems — they endanger workers. As the climate crisis intensifies, workplace protections like paid leave are essential.

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Bill seeks to cover fewer workers with paid sick leave recently approved by Alaska voters Alaska’s voter-approved mandate for paid sick leave has not yet gone into effect, but some lawmakers are already trying to reduce the number of workers who would benefit from it.

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"Alaska was not the only state where voters in November approved a mandate for paid sick leave. Similar initiatives passed in Missouri and Nebraska." #paidsick

How Trump’s erasure of environmental data is endangering communities of color President Trump has weakened the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by understaffing, underfunding, and restricting its work—leaving vulnerable communities at higher risk of environmental discrimin...

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"Yet, with only 58% of low-wage workers having access to paid sick leave and Congress considering devastating cuts to Medicaid, support for protecting their health—and the environmental conditions of their workplaces—remains dangerously inadequate." #paidleave #paidsick

Domestic Violence Survivors Need Paid Safe Time Now! “Safe days” – which is part of almost all of our country’s paid sick day laws – or “safe time” is time away from work needed to navigate and seek safety from domestic or sexual violence. We know that ...

Great reporting, I wanted to share with you a blog that was written that discussed the importance of paid leave and paid sick and safe days for victims of domestic violence. familyvaluesatwork.org/domestic-vio...

Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day.

In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages.

It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.

FV@W Opposes Efforts to Close the Department of Labor, Especially the Women's Bureau FV@W Opposes Efforts to Close the Department of Labor, Especially the Women's Bureau

familyvaluesatwork.org/oppose-effor... #workersrights #workerpower

I agree, without paid leave or paid sick (cause they will get sick), how are we supposed to take care of those adorable lil munchkins? 🙂

Wow but no paid leave or paid sick to take care of the children. #paidleave #paidsick #paidmaternityleave

On day one of my administration, I promised to get big things done for Illinoisans.

We've raised the minimum wage, guaranteed paid leave for workers, enshrined the right to choose, legalized adult-use cannabis, and rebuilt our infrastructure.

It's just the start.

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Protect Our Government and the Right To Vote We The People Need Our Government to Care for The People! We made it easy to contact your representatives and demand more.

Paid leave is not a partisan issue. It’s a human one. Workers deserve time to care without losing their paycheck or job. Congress must step up. bit.ly/3RvGf3w

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Tonight we’re voting on a Republican budget that would destroy Medicaid and give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires.

In my district, 164,149 Minnesotans are at risk of losing their coverage all while President Musk gives tax breaks to his billionaire friends.

Hell NO.

Wow!

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Michigan Won Paid Sick Time — Now Legislators Are Trying to Take It Away A strong earned paid sick time law was passed in Michigan and then weakened. After a legal win, legislators are trying to gut it again.

Michigan Won Paid Sick Time — Now Legislators Are Trying to Take It Away, by @FmlyValuesWork
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A Birthday & An Anniversary Renewing our commitment to equity, dignity, and policies that protect and uplift all families.

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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.

(Photos shared with me)

Federal cuts mean 117 layoffs at Baltimore County’s Job Corps Center The U.S. Department of Labor is closing the Woodstock Job Corps Center in Woodstock, Maryland, following budget cuts to the youth career training program.

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FV@W Condemns President Trump’s Illegal Federal Funding Cuts Family Values @ Work and our Network of state coalitions across the nation are appalled by President Trump’s illegal executive order halting almost all federal funding to impactful social programs fun...

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Apple's board recommends shareholders vote against proposal to eliminate diversity programs Apple's board of directors recommended investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, according to a proxy filing from the company.

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Having adequate paid leave is also a key to a better health outcome.

Post Election, Many Women Are Working With ‘High Functioning Depression’ Studies show a link between political outcomes and mental health. Trump's win has many women working with high-functioning depression and they're struggling in silence.

Never suffer in silence www.forbes.com/sites/elizab...