By Ashley Bender On April 21, 17 state treasurers from across the U.S. urged Congress to institute a paid family leave plan policy. Unfortunately, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar was not among them. Yet now more than ever, we need Texas state officials to consider the benefits of paid family leave, broadly, and paid parental leave, more specifically. For far too long, women in Texas, as across the U.S., have faced the lose-lose scenario of returning to work too soon or losing wages, so they can stay home to care for their new child and recover from pregnancy. And that’s a best-case scenario...