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Massachusetts Had Nation’s First Cambodian-American Mayor
Less than one percent (0.1 percent) of the U.S. population is of Cambodian ancestry or ethnic origin – roughly 361,769 people, according to the most recent census data. Southern New England is home to many of the Cambodian Americans. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America by Carl...
Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she's going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress.“For every good day, there's three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been in the service industry since she was a teenager. “You have no security when it comes to knowing how much you're going to make.”That uncertainty exists largely because federal labor law allows businesses to pay tipped workers, like food servers, bartenders and bellhops, less than the minimum...
Real estate transaction fee a focus at Cape Cod housing summit. Here's what was said.
HYANNIS — An optional real estate transaction fee for Massachusetts towns was on the mind of a featured speaker at the annual Housing to Protect Cape Cod conference on Thursday. The state's top housing official, Edward Augustus, told Cape and Islands housing supporters to keep advocating for legislation that would allow Massachusetts cities...
Antisemitism is on the rise in Mass. Peggy Shukur is fighting it | John L. Micek
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Two weeks ago, Boston’s Jewish and Palestinian communities — and their allies — paused to mark the first anniversary of the war between Israel and Hamas. The deadly sneak attack on Oct. 7, 2023, claimed more than 1,200 lives, including people from the...
Replacing closed Crystal St. footbridge would cost at least $5M, report to city says
WORCESTER — A pedestrian bridge over rail track close to University Park has been closed since a December inspection, and it could cost at least $5 million to do the necessary rebuilding to reopen a bridge. ...
Railers fall to Reading at home
WORCESTER – The Worcester Railers lost to the Reading Royals by a 2-1 final on Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of 2,621. Sunday, they actually put three shots in the net. The problem was that only one counted, Anthony Repaci’s short wrist shot at 13:37 of the third period. It accounted for the final score of 2-1.
Holy Cross football falls in another heartbreaker, this time at Harvard
With just Patriot League play remaining on the regular-season schedule, the Holy Cross football can hope to flip the script. Again on Saturday, the Crusaders rallied from a deficit to take a lead, only to be foiled at the end. ...
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