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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Amazon.com Will Collect State Sales Tax in 2013

The Internet retailer said the collection would begin in time for next year's holiday shopping season.

Checking out at Amazon.com will be a little pricier starting next November. Gov. Deval Patrick's office announced the deal Tuesday, stating the company would be adding jobs to Massachusetts in the next few years. Amazon.com and Patrick said they would work together to support a federal bill allowing individual states to collect sales tax in states where they have no physical location. "I value the contributions large and small employers alike make to Massachusetts' economic vitality, and this agreement captures that," said Patrick, in a statement. "We are thankful Amazon was willing to come to the table and we will continue our conversations with them about creating jobs here. This agreement is a win for all sides, and I am pleased it …

Uncle Crackhead

5:11 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Eyes agree wit my bro avon. you rich need pay mo taxs so i get me free stuff. soon i get my weed free wit ebt   more ›

Friday, August 3, 2012

Melissa Bill Signing Takes Violent Crimes Off Street

By signing the bill, Governor Deval Patrick realized that citizens want violent crimes off the street.

  In 1999, 27-year-old Melissa Gosule of Randolph was raped and murdered by a man named Michael Gentile, who reportedly had committed dozens of violent crimes and yet was still on the streets.  A decade later, Woburn police officer Jack Maguire was shot and killed by a man named Dominic Cinelli, who had been recently paroled despite having committed a reported 74 violent felonies and having received three “life sentences” for various crimes. Earlier this week, Governor Deval Patrick agreed to sign a crime bill that included, among other provisions, a new law that will delay and in some cases eliminate parole for certain repeat offenders such as Gentile and Cinelli. The measure, which is known as “Melissa’s Bill,” establishes a list of …

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