The Texas Senate has revived a push to ban cities and counties from requiring companies to provide specific employee benefits like paid sick leave. Supporters say Senate Bill 14 will prevent regulatory confusion in a way that helps businesses regain their footing as the economy tries to recover from the pandemic’s devastating financial effects. But opponents say it reduces workers’ access to paid sick leave after they’ve been navigating the pandemic for more than a year. “You have people on TV saying the most important thing to protect yourself from this virus is to stay at home if you don’t feel well,