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Massachusetts

Leave mandates sound compassionate, but can backfire on most vulnerable

This summer, because of a 2014 referendum passed by nearly 60 percent of voters, Massachusetts became the latest state to require all businesses with 11 or more employees to provide paid sick leave. The policy sounds compassionate. Nobody wants to worry about losing a job or not being able to

2016 presidential election

Rubio proposes employer tax credit for paid family leave

MIAMI (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio wants to give a tax break to employers who give their workers paid family leave. The Florida senator says he will introduce his plan Friday morning when he speaks before the Values Voter Summit in Washington. He is among several GOP presidential hopefuls

Donald Trump

Shifting debate strategies, GOP hopefuls to take on Trump

Written by Julie Pace WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first Republican presidential debate, most candidates took a hands-off approach to Donald Trump and hoped the brash billionaire would hurt himself.

mexico

GOP touts Latino outreach during Hispanic Heritage Month

DENVER (AP) — The Republican party is launching a new wave of outreach to Latinos to mark Tuesday's onset of Hispanic Heritage Month, as the front-runner in the party's presidential race continues to alarm party insiders who fear he could alienate the fast-growing ethnic group with his

Donald Trump

Signs that Republican hopefuls taking sharper aim at Trump

Written by Laurie Kellerman WASHINGTON (AP) — Gladiator season may have arrived in the fight for the Republican nomination.

Politics

Rubio visits Charleston church where 9 worshippers killed

Written by Sergio Bustos NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Before attending a town hall meeting Monday night in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — without television cameras or any other media in tow — visited the Charleston church where nine African-American worshippers were shot to death earlier this year.

Florida

Puerto Rican voters prized by Democrats, Republicans

Written by Sergio Bustos MIAMI (AP) — Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but can't vote for president. Yet Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton are campaigning there, following two other 2016 White House hopefuls.

new hampshire

Rubio’s slow start in Iowa, New Hampshire puzzles GOP

Written by Julie Pace and Sergio Bustos MIAMI (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio's slow-go campaign strategy is puzzling party operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire, states where voters are used to candidates showering them with attention early and often.