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...proposed 1-per-cent tax on services-aimed, according to its sponsors, at city consulting and research services that are exempt from sales taxes-was one of six proposals sent to the legislature in an attempt to increase tax revenues in the wake of proposition...
...council voted not to request permission to levy a 2-per-cent sales tax. "I don't believe we sho ld be creating new taxes to take the place of the old," councilor Kevin Crane '72 said, adding that he favored asking the legislature only for permission to hold an override election and for the power to tax universities and colleges...
...last three years, Shekelle has used death certificates of the workers studied earlier to find a 14-per-cent incidence of fatal heart disease among subjects with "high cholesterol diets," compared to an 11-per-cent rate for those in the lower-cholesterol category...
...per-cent payroll or sales...
...major issues in the talks are salaries and job security. The University has offered a 28-per-cent pay raise, while the union is demanding about "something closer to 30 per cent" over the next three years, d'Errico said. In addition, the union wants faculty members who work less than half-time to be paid for half-time work, he added...