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(The Center Square) – With bipartisan support, Ohio could soon join the list of states offering paid family and medical leave for workers. A bill announced by Sen. Beth Liston, D-Dublin, and Sen. Louis W. Blessing III, R-Colerain Township, would create a state insurance fund through a new payroll contribution split between employers and employees. “No one should have to choose between their job and caring for themselves or their family,” said Liston. “This bill opens the door for millions of Ohioans who currently have no access to essential benefits.” The 0.8% payroll deduction would cover full- and part-time workers for up to 14 weeks of paid time off annually. Much like the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, which not all workers are eligible for, the time could be used to meet needs for parental leave, personal illness, and caregiving demands. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce did not respond to The Center Square with its reaction to the proposal. Unlike the newly proposed benefits, FMLA’s primary purpose is job protection, allowing employees to take time off without fear of losing their jobs. Whether pay or short-term disability insurance is offered while eligible employees use FMLA varies by employer. The National Partnership for Women and Families says only about 60% of Ohioans are eligible for FMLA. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce did not respond to The Center Square with its reaction to the proposal. The new bill would promise to deliver a benefit to the 77% of workers, or about 4.5 million people according to the organization, in Ohio who currently are not eligible for paid leave through their employers. “The lack of paid leave has devastating costs for Ohioans and their families and for the entire state’s economy by shrinking the workforce and lowering productivity, cutting workers’ incomes and harming public health amid a scarcity of reproductive and maternal health care,” wrote the organization in February. While the exact language of the bill has yet to be released, its sponsors say that while small businesses with 15 employees or less would be exempt from paying, their workers would still be covered. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 13 states and Washington D.C. have mandatory laws instituting paid family and medical leave for long absences, while 18 states and D.C. have paid sick leave for short-term situations. An additional 10 states allow for voluntary enrollment in leave benefits through the private insurance system. Neighboring Kentucky is among the states that offer a voluntary program, while Pennsylvania has seen a similar payroll deduction-based proposal floated in the legislature. Minnesota is the only midwestern state with a mandatory system, though it is still in the development process. Advocates say that it isn’t just the individual who would benefit from paid leave. Women are more likely to exit the workforce without it, costing the state economy billions. They also highlight the increased demand for caregiving time off that comes alongside the state’s aging population. The post Paid Family Leave Receives Bipartisan Push in Ohio Senate appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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“I confronted a No Kings protestor on the lack of diversity at the protest, she told me she's here because black people can't be,” Podcaster Nate Friedman explains, introducing video of an interview he conducted at Saturday’s “No King’s Day” protest in New York. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, that it’s mostly people like you and I,” Friedman tells a White female protestor at the event, prompting her to claim that Black people – and only Black people – would be arrested at the rally: “This is not, this is not, it is not for Black people, for people of color to get out on the street. They’re at risk when they do that. If anybody’s going to get arrested here, it’s going to be a Black person.” “It is not safe for them and they don’t need to participate,” the White protestor added, claiming that “We need to walk in their name.” It’s also a racist scheme to require voters to show identification, the woman, who says she “voted Democrat in the womb, claimed: “It’s 100% a tactic to control the population and prevent people from voting so that the gerrymandering can work so that white voters can vote in White Christian males.” “I would slit my throat” if forced to vote for one of two Republicans, J.D. Vance or Marco Rubio, the woman declared. “Yeah,” the protestor confirmed when asked if she was serious. I confronted a No Kings protestor on the lack of diversity at the protest, she told me she's here because black people can't be. pic.twitter.com/z1wNtAxe64 — Nate Friedman (@NateFriedman97) March 28, 2026 “Medical care in this country is racist,” too, the self-professed retired doctor claims in the full half-hour version of Friedman’s coverage of the protest posted on his YouTube account.

Despite the left’s stubborn defense of violence, lawlessness, radical ideologies, and the hollowing out of traditional institutions, Republicans are still projected to get obliterated in this year’s midterm elections.But it’s not just forecasts pointing to grim midterm results. Blue is already encroaching on red districts.“We just lost Donald Trump’s home state legislative district. ... That’s zapping some of my enjoyment, if not pretty much all,” BlazeTV host Steve Deace says.On this episode of the “Steve Deace Show,” Deace and his co-hosts Aaron McIntire and Todd Erzen sit down with Blaze News managing editor Rob Eno to discuss these bleak midterm prospects and whether any hope remains for the conservative base. “I know it’s still seven-plus months until the midterms here, all right, but let’s just go ahead and ask the question that a lot of people are asking: Are we cooked?” Deace asks the panel.Erzen’s response is a balance of pessimism and hope. “I guess I’ll say no,” he tells Deace.“The left is so evil and so decadent and so dumb. Improvement has to happen, Steve, in the time frame you’re talking about, but it’s not going to take perhaps as much as we think it will circumstantially. That being said, we might be [cooked],” he explains.McIntire is less optimistic. “As of this moment, yes,” he says bluntly.“I just think there are too many warning signs right now and too many signs that there is no even action or intention to action within much of Congress to deliver on President Trump’s what we were told was a mandate,” he adds, arguing that “[the party] is not delivering on that mandate.”Eno believes Republicans aren’t only cooked in midterm elections — they’re cooked in general.“We’re going to lose the Senate and the House,” he predicts.The list of losses for the Trump administration keeps growing, he argues, citing the ongoing war with Iran, skyrocketing gas prices, fertilizer shortages driving up food prices, and poor polling in key Senate races.“I do not see how we get out of this, and I don’t think seven months is a long period of time. ... Unless the economy turns around, I don’t think we win,” Eno says frankly.Erzen, however, offers a bit more optimism.Even if the economy “doesn’t turn around” or “even gets a little worse,” he believes “two political miracles” — such as a “major arrest” of an elite tied to Epstein or passing the SAVE Act — could still change the odds in Republicans’ favor.“People are so off-balance right now as voters. I don’t know what they think they prioritize on any given day,” he says.But Eno pushes back on the SAVE Act’s potential impact.“If you’ve lied to the voters, the SAVE Act saving anything has the hubris of imagining that the American people that are citizens are going to vote for this bunch of clowns, and they’re not with what they see,” he says, alluding to the widespread frustration over the administration’s broken promises on the economy, mass deportations, and avoiding new wars.Deace largely agrees with Eno that Republicans are “cooked” in the midterms if little changes.“I could list off a handful of things they could do that are all somewhat relatively achievable. ... But as we’re sitting here on March 27, if I listed those things off and asked you guys how many of those things you think they’re going to do, you might say one if we’re lucky — and so that’s where the ‘we’re cooked’ sits in,” he says.To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.Want more from Steve Deace?To enjoy more of Steve's take on national politics, Christian worldview, and principled conservatism with a snarky twist, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan says he went into his lawsuit against NASCAR with the same mentality that won him six NBA championships.While much of the terms of his settlement with the organization are not known, Jordan made one thing clear in a recent interview; he wasn't going to back down.'I was all in. I was going to win.'As owner of 23XI racing team, Jordan sued NASCAR in October 2024, claiming the organization used unfair practices to decide which teams can participate. The parties have since agreed to a settlement, with Jordan revealing in a recent interview that he felt he had to take up the legal battle in order to protect the future of the sport for its racing teams and drivers.Having always been a fan of NASCAR, Jordan said that when he was focused on basketball, he didn't quite grasp its inner workings, but when he got into the series, he started to "see how things [were] operating.""It was lopsided. It was wrong. The sport was not set up for success long-term for the individuals that's involved in the sport," Jordan told "CBS Sunday Morning."The basketball hall of famer pointed to an unequal system between NASCAR ownership and the racing teams."Now, up top, yeah, you know, they were making a good living," he told host Gayle King.Jordan said his motivation to make a lasting impression on the sport pushed him to go through with the lawsuit, compelling him to make his mark whether he won or lost."I was nervous. Any courtroom makes me nervous 'cause that's not where I want to be, really. 100%," he continued. "But I was all in. I was going to win."RELATED: Michael Jordan shocks NASCAR by doing something no one has done in 77 years The 63-year-old Jordan said it was never his intention to "attack NASCAR," but at the same time, he still went in to the lawsuit with a fighter's mentality."This fight was needed. And if I got kicked out, at least I made people aware that change needs to happen in this sport. So I went in with the idea that even if I lost, I won."Jordan followed up the December 2025 settlement by going on a tear to start the 2026 season; driver Tyler Reddick won the first three races of the season for 23XI racing team, something no team had ever done in the previous 77 years of NASCAR.RELATED: Lindsey Graham GOP challenger makes shocking promise to change NASCAR: 'South Carolina will rise again' Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images During his recent interview, Jordan spoke on his unending competitive spirit, and he said that he uses NASCAR to compensate for a "huge piece" of him that still wishes he could play basketball."[It's] not the same as me playing in Chicago ... but it's something that I think keeps me alive," Jordan said, comparing his current temperament to his playing days."That urge, the dream, that I wish I can still pick up a basketball. ...Yeah, I would definitely love to do that."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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While restrainers may not have won the debate about strikes on Iran, the president is still operating under the restraints of public opinion.