Two lobbyists and neighbors faced off in Eastport yesterday in a preview of a debate that will culminate in a vote in the General Assembly next month: Whether big corporations should be required to provide a certain level of health care benefits for their employees.
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. vetoed a bill earlier this year that would require companies with at least 10,000 employees to devote at least 8 percent of their payroll to health benefits. Wal-Mart is the only company in the state that big that doesn't meet the...
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