As paid family leave (PFL) expands to three new states in 2026—Delaware and Minnesota in January and Maine in May—the expansion of state benefit programs is not all sunshine and rainbows. In reality, ...

When Minnesota launches its taxpayer-funded paid family and medical leave program on Jan. 1, it will be the 13th state to offer such benefits — and one of only a few that has built its system from the ...

Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, DFL-Minneapolis, is cheered by paid family leave supporters as she makes her way toward Senate Chambers at the state Capitol in 2023. Minnesota’s paid leave program launches in ...

And Minnesota Republicans, who have focused on fraud in other government programs as they seek to unseat Walz in November, will be eyeing paid leave closely for possible misuse. At the same time many ...