Minimum wage, paid family leave bills limp toward floor votes

Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, left. House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, right.
In nearly simultaneous votes on Friday afternoon, two legislative committees voted out minimum wage and paid family leave bills without their recommendation, further endangering measures that already faced fraught paths forward.
The bills were at the heart of the Democratic agenda heading into this legislative session.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in y