Mayor: Threats over request to remove coffee pot
PLYMOUTH — Mayor David Merchant is going public with what he described as a “threat” to disrupt his reelection campaign by an attorney representing the Town Hall employees union over a labor grievance. Merchant said it has been his policy to resolve …
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Richmond's Beschler named new director of state Department of General Services
Terry McAuliffe to oversee the inner workings of state government as director of the Department of General Services. Beschler, who has worked in city government in a variety of jobs since 2006, will replace Richard F. Sliwoski, who's retiring as head …
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Disabling Entitlement Reform
Both create incentives to keep workers with disabilities on the job, such as requiring employers to cover an initial period of disability benefits, or charging lower payroll-tax rates to employers who shift fewer workers onto the disability rolls. Both …
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