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House leaders are considering a plan that would increase the 5 percent sales tax by a penny on the dollar and broaden it to apply to additional items. Also under consideration is a gasoline tax increase to raise money to repair roads and bridges.
The savings package included several items that have encountered opposition from public employee unions, including a provision that would require state and municipal workers to contribute more toward their health insurance premiums.
For municipal workers and teachers, the Senate plan would change a law that now requires contribution of an equal dollar amount to health premiums by employers to one that would require an equal percentage contribution.
Jason Luzak and Peter Cochran, the two freshman starters on the Harvard men's soccer team, have been selected to play on national teams.
Cochran, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a second-team All-Ivy selection, was one of 24 players chosen for the under-23 national team, which often serves as a feeder for the upcoming Olympic team. Luzak was picked to play on the under-20 national team.