BOSTON – The sponsor of a bill that would limit payments for accrued sick-leave and vacation time for government workers who retire acknowledged Tuesday that her bill is unlikely to become law this session but urged fellow lawmakers to nonetheless take steps against "extraordinary payouts."
"Taxpayers are angry," Rep. Colleen Garry told the Joint Committee on Public Service Wednesday. "The private sector doesn't usually get this kind of thing because the private sector can't afford to do it. Why should the public sector be able to afford to do it?"
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor, Bill Weld, to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid.
Weld, who served two terms as the Republican governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s, will announce plans Thursday to seek the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nomination, Johnson confirmed in a Wednesday interview with the Associated Press. The pair met privately in Las Vegas over the weekend when Weld agreed to run as Johnson's running mate in the party's upcoming nominating convention and into the general election.
