STATE HOUSE – The state's decision not to hold a weekend-long sales tax holiday in August led to "dramatic drops in local sales and hours worked," according to a Retailers Association of Massachusetts survey.
Eighty-six percent of RAM members surveyed said their sales dropped in August of 2016 over August 2015, declining by an average 24 percent. Three-quarters of retailers had reduced employee hours in August and half had reduced sales tax collections, according to the survey.
The city of Boston's highest paid employees earn on average about $314,000 and are overwhelmingly made up of mid-level officers in the police department, according to data provided by the mayor's office.
But the highest paid was a teacher, Emilio Cabanas. His actual salary was just $36,154 but a $353,673 legal settlement propelled him to the top of the list, according to media reports.
