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Everett Casino Could Automate Away Bartenders

Matthew McDonald

In a cost-cutting measure, Wynn Resorts at Encore Boston Harbor will pursue automated drink dispensers to replace bartenders and other staff.

The sixth-month old $2.6 billion casino employs 4,485 workers and has 80 job openings. The casino has not laid off any of their workers yet, but it is a possibility if the drink automated beverage machines are approved by the state, according to the Associated Press.

Vermont, Connecticut Governors Not So High on Charlie Baker’s Regional Carbon-Emissions Fee on Gasoline
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Vermont, Connecticut Governors Not So High on Charlie Baker’s Regional Carbon-Emissions Fee on Gasoline

Matthew McDonald

The Republican governor of Vermont and the Democratic governor of Connecticut poured cold water this week on a regional carbon-emissions fee that could increase gasoline prices by 5 to 17 cents a gallon – isolating Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who supports the idea.

The regional proposal, called the Transportation Climate Initiative, is supposed to consist of states from Maine to Virginia imposing a fee on fuel providers. The revenue from the fee is supposed to pay for improvements to public transportation to try to get people out of their carbon-emitting cars, which some say are contributing significantly to global warming, which they say is bad.

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