Exempting tips from taxes could cost the federal budget, but it won’t go very far for most low-income workers.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Historic photos: See the neighborhood around the FX Marcotte store in Lewiston
Read the story: F.X. Marcotte’s legacy goes far beyond home furnishings
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Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Trump and Harris should focus on the minimum wage, not tips
If the presidential candidates want to reduce income anxiety for low-paid workers, they should work to raise wages.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
See the progress on the the Wedgewood housing project in Lewiston
The sprawling, 82-unit development in nine buildings is considered the first phase of the city’s Choice Neighborhoods initiative.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme
Many countries are enacting measures to counter population decline, but manipulating fertility is an inefficient means of solving social, economic and environmental problems.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
We need to save pronatalism from the pronatalists
Making the modern world more welcoming to children is a tall order. And advocates of that cause are making it taller.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Pronatalism is the latest Silicon Valley trend. What is it — and why is it disturbing?
Pronatalism is inextricably tied to nationalism alongside race, class and ethnicity. Such a framing can quickly become xenophobic.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Things to Do
Watch: Despite launch cancellation, balloons put on a show Friday morning
The next launch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday.
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Watch live: Winds shut down the 2nd balloon launch of the festival
After Friday morning’s launch was scrubbed, the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival will attempt to launch its hot air balloons in the evening.