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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Baker, Shoemaker apart of Hall of Fame class
MECHANCISBURG, PA (WTAJ) — Dave Baker, and Max Shoemaker were apart of the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Class 2025. The two area coaches were among seven honored over the weekend. Baker, who retired after the 2023 season, won 245 games at the helm of Williamsburg and Central Martinsburg. He spent 45 years coaching football, though his winningest seasons came with the Scarlett Dragons. With Central, Baker went 119-42 in 13 seasons and is the school's winningest head coach. Shoemaker is getting ready to being his 18th season with Chestnut Ridge, though he has more than 30-years of coaching under his belt. He started his career with Bedford before stepping down to serve as the school's principal. In 2007 he joined Ridge's staff and now has 221 wins across his career and 19 District 5 championships. The two were among seven honored. Others include Wilson High head coach Doug Dahms, Schuylkill Valley's Bruce Harbach, Gateway High Schools' Don Holl, Mechanicsburg's late head coach Rich Lichtel, and former Lackawanna Trail and Lakeland head coach Jeff Wasilchak. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Minnesota House expected to vote down bill delaying paid leave program by one year
A full Minnesota House Chamber is pictured Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michele Jokinen/House Public Information Services. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor members of the Minnesota House are expected Monday to vote down a Republican bill that would delay the state's new paid leave program by one year. Minnesota's paid leave program will launch in 2026, guaranteeing Minnesota workers 12 weeks of paid family leave and 12 weeks of paid medical leave per year, capped at 20 weeks total in a single year. Republicans, who are currently in control of the lower chamber 67-66, are taking up a bill (HF 11) on the House floor that would delay Minnesota's paid leave program by one year. Needing 68 votes to pass, the bill is expected to fail absent any DFL votes. Republicans, like the chief author of the delay bill Rep. Dave Baker of Willmar, say postponement is needed to allow businesses more time to comply with the law, and some school districts have also expressed reservations about it. Democrats said the delay proposal is merely a ploy to cancel the entire program. 'Minnesotans have waited long enough. There's no reason to delay paid family medical leave. Republicans are just making it clear that they don't want a delay, they want a full repeal,' House DFL leader Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, said last week at a press conference in favor of paid leave. Last month, House Republicans introduced a bill to fully repeal the paid leave program, but it has yet to receive a hearing. Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development says the delay isn't needed, and it's ready to administer benefits when the program becomes active in 2026. Paid leave will launch with a 0.88% payroll tax in January 2026, which is 25% higher than what was originally proposed two years ago when the Legislature passed the law. DEED will do rate adjustments each year after receiving an annual actuarial analysis to determine the solvency of the program. Employees will pay at maximum half of the payroll tax — 0.44% of their taxable wages in the first year — but an employer can choose to assume some of their employees' cost.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Minnesota House expected to vote down bill delaying paid leave program by one year
A full Minnesota House Chamber is pictured Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michele Jokinen/House Public Information Services. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor members of the Minnesota House are expected Monday to vote down a Republican bill that would delay the state's new paid leave program by one year. Minnesota's paid leave program will launch in 2026, guaranteeing Minnesota workers 12 weeks of paid family leave and 12 weeks of paid medical leave per year, capped at 20 weeks total in a single year. Republicans, who are currently in control of the lower chamber 67-66, are taking up a bill (HF 11) on the House floor that would delay Minnesota's paid leave program by one year. Needing 68 votes to pass, the bill is expected to fail absent any DFL votes. Republicans, like the chief author of the delay bill Rep. Dave Baker of Willmar, say postponement is needed to allow businesses more time to comply with the law, and some school districts have also expressed reservations about it. Democrats said the delay proposal is merely a ploy to cancel the entire program. 'Minnesotans have waited long enough. There's no reason to delay paid family medical leave. Republicans are just making it clear that they don't want a delay, they want a full repeal,' House DFL leader Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, said last week at a press conference in favor of paid leave. Last month, House Republicans introduced a bill to fully repeal the paid leave program, but it has yet to receive a hearing. Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development says the delay isn't needed, and it's ready to administer benefits when the program becomes active in 2026. Paid leave will launch with a 0.88% payroll tax in January 2026, which is 25% higher than what was originally proposed two years ago when the Legislature passed the law. DEED will do rate adjustments each year after receiving an annual actuarial analysis to determine the solvency of the program. Employees will pay at maximum half of the payroll tax — 0.44% of their taxable wages in the first year — but an employer can choose to assume some of their employees' cost.
CBS News
10-03-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Minnesota House to vote on bill delaying paid family and medical leave program
The Minnesota House is voting on a bill Monday that would delay the state's paid medical and family care leave program by one year. The GOP-backed bill would push back the implementation of the program from Jan. 1, 2026, to Jan. 1, 2027. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that created the plan for paid leave in May 2023. It will allow workers up to 12 weeks a year off with partial pay to care for a newborn or a sick family member and up to 12 weeks to recover from their own serious illness. Benefits will be capped at 20 weeks a year for employees who take advantage of both. The program is funded by a 0.88% payroll tax increase that's split between employers and employees, according to state officials. Rep. Dave Baker, R-Willmar, one of the bill's 34 authors, says lawmakers haven't had enough time to see how the plan impacts Minnesotans. The Minnesota DFL Party claims the delay is part of an attempt to fully repeal the program. "Republicans are trying to delay Minnesota's paid leave program until after the next election so that they can repeal it entirely," Heidi Kraus Kaplan, executive director of the Minnesota DFL Party, said in a written statement before the vote Monday. Private companies that already offer paid leave must meet the standards for benefits outlined in the plan. They can avoid the payroll tax increase by paying a fee to opt out of the state-run program. Note: The above video first aired on Oct. 8, 2024.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Minnesota GOP moves to delay or repeal state's Paid Family Leave program
Minnesota Republicans have introduced two bills that would either delay or repeal entirely the Paid Family and Medical Leave program that is set to take effect beginning in 2026. The program is set to launch on Jan. 1, 2026, funding by a new 0.88% payroll tax, which is higher than the 0.7% rate approved by the Legislature in 2023. The tax will be split equally between employer and employee. Earlier this month, Minnesota GOP lawmakers had proposed bill HF 11 that calls for the program to be delayed for a year to further discuss an alternative, but a new bill — HF 1241 — introduced more recently would repeal it altogether, with any unspent funds from the program returned to the general fund. The program guarantees Minnesota workers can take 12 weeks of paid family leave and 12 weeks of paid medical leave per year, capped at 20 weeks in a single year. Qualifying conditions include pregnancy, serious health conditions, a family member's serious health conditions, safety leave, and bonding leave. The proposal to repeal the program brought swift condemnation from the DFL, with executive director Heidi Kraus Kaplan saying: "Scrapping this program before it even gets off the ground would force Minnesotans to choose between their paycheck and caring for a newborn or a sick family member." But Republicans have raised concerns over the cost of the program, with the payroll tax increasing even before the program starts. Speaking in favor of a delay to the program earlier this month, Rep. Dave Baker (R-Willmar) said: "These are real dollars coming out of Minnesotans' paychecks and cutting into the razor-thin margins of family-owned businesses struggling to stay afloat. "It's time to take a step back, delay PFML implementation, and find a practical solution that supports both employees and job creators." Baker, along with 31 other Republicans, have authored the delay bill, while 16 Republicans are listed as authors for the repeal move. A spokesperson for the Minnesota GOP says no hearings or action has been taken on the repeal bill, but the delay proposal has been addressed in a hearing and has moved to the Ways and Means Committee. Supporters of paid family leave argue that that the program has been thoroughly discussed the past two years, works in other countries and states, and will level the playing field for small businesses in their effort to hire and retain employees. The Minnesota DFL continued to accuse GOP lawmakers of being "determined to shred programs that help working-class Minnesotans while cutting taxes for the ultra-wealthy."
