{"id":46572,"date":"2025-03-14T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=46572"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:41:51","slug":"changes-made-to-paid-family-medical-leave-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/changes-made-to-paid-family-medical-leave-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes Made to Paid Family Medical Leave Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Changes Made to Paid Family Medical Leave Bill\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Fef7KXYLGE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.14.25 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>A bill that would mandate paid family and medical leave narrowly passed the House last week and now heads to the Senate Finance Committee. 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