Paid family leave is a reform that is a long time coming. And the New Jersey bill, which creates a fund from which salaries would be paid, is a good one that should help working families.
It cleared its first hurdle — with state Sen. Bill Baroni, the Republican who represents the 14th District, voting in favor — and now it is on to the Assembly.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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