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Calif. Gov. Brown Vetoes Sales Tax Exemptions For Diapers, Tampons

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Tampons and diapers sold in California will continue to have local and state sales tax attached to them.  State lawmakers said those amount to a tax on women, and unanimously passed measures that would have exempted those products.  But Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bills yesterday (Tuesday), as Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports.

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.
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