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Ashwani Jain: Create a Paid Family Leave Insurance Fund

I am in strong favor of creating a Paid Family Leave Insurance Fund for all businesses to guarantee all workers up to 12 weeks of partial wage replacement should they need to take a leave for personal or familial reasons. The way in which we make this a reality is by ensuring employers and employees each contribute a small amount from each paycheck (at least 0.75% of each payroll). The payments would range from $50 to $1,000 per week, depending on a person's income.
Source: Medium.com posting on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race May 14, 2021

Ashwani Jain: Require free menstrual products in public school bathrooms

I believe we need to require all public schools to include free menstrual products in bathrooms. Some girls end up going home and missing classes because of these types of challenges. Some of our schools' budgets cover these product expenses--but they are often kept in the nurse's office, making it inconvenient for students.
Source: Medium.com posting on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race May 14, 2021

Spencer Cox: We need to talk about suicide

I listened to experts and survivors and family members of people who had died by suicide. Honestly, I learned more about suicide prevention in one evening than my previous 40 years combined. But mostly, I learned that we simply need to talk about it more--and that contrary to what you may have heard, there is NO evidence that talking about suicide makes it more likely to happen.
Source: Medium.com blog posting for 2020 Utah gubernatorial race Feb 25, 2018

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