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No Deal on Minimum Wage, Family Leave, Sales Tax On Beacon Hill

No Deal on Minimum Wage, Family Leave, Sales Tax On Beacon Hill

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — The coalition of labor, faith-based and community groups behind a push to raise the minimum wage say negotiations with the Legislature and retailers aimed at avoiding simultaneous ballot fights over wages and a proposed sales tax cut have reached a "standstill."

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — The coalition of labor, faith-based and community groups behind a push to raise the minimum wage say negotiations with the Legislature and retailers aimed at avoiding simultaneous ballot fights over wages and a proposed sales tax cut have reached a "standstill."…