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• • A Study in Persistence and Compromise (20)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • August 13th, 2018
  The non-competition legislation that became law last week is a hard-fought compromise, banning non-competes for lower level workers, limiting them for higher level workers and providing procedural protections to assure that workers know what they are getting into when they sign them.
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• • Subject: Affordable housing: Why aren’t we discussing it here? (1)
  • Geoff Dutton
  • August 11th, 2018
  None of the categories in this blog pertain directly to housing. Given the skyrocketing rents, prices and valuations for homes in this district, why is this not a regular topic of discussion?
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• • Alexis Ivy (15)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • August 4th, 2018
  On July 24, Alexis Ivy read her poetry of homelessness and addiction in the statehouse.  Worth listening.
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• • Short Term Rentals Conference Committee Report (9)
  • Andrew Bettinelli
  • July 30th, 2018
  The House and Senate have reached an agreement to regulate and tax short term rentals, like AirBnB.
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