State Workers Union: Don’t Tax Our Members for New Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

State Workers Union:  Don’t Tax Our Members for New Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

By Colin A. Young
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Unsatisfied with the progress or lack thereof at the bargaining table, the state's largest public employee union last week called on Governor Charlie Baker's administration to exempt state employees from having to pay into the state's new paid family and medical leave program.

Walmart’s Loss Is Local Gun Dealers’ Gain, Gun Show Participants Say
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Walmart’s Loss Is Local Gun Dealers’ Gain, Gun Show Participants Say

Matthew McDonald

A gun shop owner in Auburn, Maine said he is "ecstatic" about Walmart's decision to stop selling ammunition for handguns.

The gun shop owner made the comment to a reporter from the Bangor Daily News during the 42nd annual Bangor Gun Show, which did brisk business on Saturday, September 7, thanks in part to rain.

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