Bill Would Cut Pay For Laid-Off Shuttle Workers

By Irene Klotz .

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bill pending before Florida Gov. Rick Scott would count severance pay for laid-off workers when calculating unemployment benefits, a policy that could affect thousands of NASA contractors sidelined by the space shuttle’s retirement.

If Scott, a Republican who supported earlier versions of the bill as it wound through the legislative process, signs the ...

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