CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he will support voluntary paid family and medical leave.
The Republican governor recently told New Hampshire Public Radio he is working on a plan that involves a public-private partnership.
Sununu says in the interview posted Thursday that his plan would include state employees and wouldn’t “trap people into an income tax.”
Sununu previously voiced opposition to a mandatory paid family leave bill that failed to pass in the state Legislature.
The bill would’ve offered up to six weeks of paid family leave for private-sector employees in situations such as a new baby.
Sununu is currently running for re-election. His Democratic challenger Molly Kelly has voiced her support for paid family leave, and she says a new bill will succeed if she’s elected.
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