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Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made #abortion in the state legal again, while the other created an employee #sickleave requirement.
GOP lawmakers in #Alaska and #Nebraska also have moved to roll back sick leave benefits that voters approved last year,
while legislators in #Arizona are pushing new restrictions on abortion access, despite voters six months ago approving protections

At the same time, Republican leaders in #Florida, #Utah, #Montana, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Arizona, #Ohio, #NorthDakota and #SouthDakota have approved efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives or are considering measures to do so,
-- essentially trying to make it harder for voters to change laws outside legislatures.

In some cases, legislators aren’t just responding to measures that voters approved;

they’re acting shortly after citizen-led efforts failed but came too close for comfort,
such as an abortion-rights initiative in Florida,
which in November fell just short of the 60% of votes needed to pass
and loosen the state’s ban on the procedure.

propublica.org/article/red-sta

ProPublicaRed State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
More from ProPublica

Nebraska legislature scales back sick leave, doesn't change minimum wage

Last November, Nebraskans voted nearly 3-1 to require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. On Wednesday, the Legislature held its final debate before voting to exclude businesses with 10 or fewer employees from that requirement.

#Nebraska #sickleave #paidsickleave

nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/new

Nebraska Public MediaLegislature scales back sick leave, doesn't change minimum wageThe Nebraska Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to scaling back paid sick leave approved by voters, but didn't take up a proposal for a lower minimum wage for teenage workers.

I can't think of anything that exemplifies more just how fucked up US politics & elections have gotten than the fact that voters in #Missouri chose to

-overturn their state's #abortion ban,

-AND to increase their #MinimumWage,

-AND require businesses to give their employees #SickLeave,

BUT THE MAJORITY VOTED FOR TRUMP.

Can somebody explain this to me like I was five? I've been following politics for a long time but I'm at a loss here. 😖

Dear HR Rep,
No, I will not donate vacation time to help someone in my org who has run out of sick time. I'll give this person money. I'll help organize a meal train if they could use that. I'd gladly give up some of the over 500 hours of sick leave I've accumulated and will never likely use, god-willing.
Since most of us here are paid under-market, find a better way to help valuable employees who are sick besides asking the rest of us to give up the only job benefit that is of any value to us: Time.

Sincerely,

Guy who only works because he has to.
#sickleave #benefits

@bicmay The benchmark for sickleave in Australia is two weeks per annum. Many places allow you to roll over unused sickleave into the following year. Usually, there is an allowance for taking one or two days sickleave without medical certificate. None of that impacts on other health related leave such as Maternity or Paternity leave. That was in force back in the 1970s.

Few people want to talk about women’s #periods. The reluctance to speak plainly about “that time of the month” might explain why some #gynecological conditions are often undiagnosed. Take #endometriosis, a chronic disease that causes period pain and excessive bleeding. The condition is common and debilitating: around 10% of women of reproductive age have it. Many wait ten years for a diagnosis., One study in Australia found that, on average, patients with endometriosis used 60% of their statutory #sickleave to cope with the symptoms. Yet funding for research is surprisingly low, given the disease’s heavy toll.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/09/05/studying-the-link-between-female-sexual-organs-and-the-brain
The EconomistStudying the link between female sexual organs and the brainBy The Economist