Speaking of minimum wages, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review a proposed Constitutional Amendment that would mandate a $15 minimum. The proposed amendment calls for the $8.46 minimum wage to rise to $10 on September 30, 2021 and increase $1 each year thereafter until reaching $15 per hour…
Read More »For those who thought the idea of the so-called Millionaire Tax had run its course, think again. You will recall that Massachusetts advocates had teed up a ballot question for last November’s ballot that would have allowed the Bay State to apply a 4% surcharge to incomes over $1 million. The Massachusetts Supreme Court ultimately…
Read More »Talking about Other People’s Money, the state of West Virginia has a completely different view of the propriety of spending tax dollars without regard to the taxpayer. This past week, the West Virginia House of Delegates adopted 11 articles of impeachment against all four remaining justices of the state Supreme Court. The fifth justice resigned…
Read More »We were delighted with the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court a week ago affirming that franchise owners have to right to decide whether to allow tipping in their stores. Meshna v Scrivanos was decided in favor of the franchise owner after the case was taken from the appellate court docket for direct review…
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