{
  "id": 12611551,
  "title": "As Paid Family And Sick Leave Spreads To 14 Blue States, Small Businesses Struggle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/as-paid-family-and-sick-leave-spreads-to-14-blue-states-small",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnschroyer/2026/10/07/as-paid-family-and-sick-leave-spreads-to-14-blue-states-small-businesses-struggle/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Unlike other rich nations, the U.S. has no national requirement for paid medical, family or caregiving leave. But Democratic states are rolling out their own mandates.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}