$15 Minimum Wage, Paid Family and Medical Leave Pass Massachusetts Legislature — But Some on Both Sides Unhappy About It

$15 Minimum Wage, Paid Family and Medical Leave Pass Massachusetts Legislature — But Some on Both Sides Unhappy About It

By Michael P. Norton
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to historic wage and benefits legislation designed to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers, but the bill's passage was tainted with charges that legislators had backtracked on important worker issues in order to appease the retail industry sector.

Massachusetts Dem:  Bill Clinton Shouldn’t Be Campaigning With Us
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Massachusetts Dem:  Bill Clinton Shouldn’t Be Campaigning With Us

Matthew McDonald

Former President Bill Clinton shouldn't be welcomed on the campaign trail by Democrats running for office because of the way he treated women when he was in power and his failure to apologize appropriately for it, a prominent Massachusetts Democrat said.

U.S. Representative Katherine Clark (D-Melrose), who co-chairs a national effort to flip Republican-held districts in Congress to Democrat, clarified her position on Clinton during a radio interview, solidifying doubts she expressed earlier in the month.

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