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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of January 30, 2017 ~ 'Taxes, red tape and burdensome mandates'
January 30, 2017
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We share a number of fundamentally common goals: fiscal discipline and responsibility at every level of government; development of the state’s energy and transportation infrastructures; tax relief, particularly property tax relief which, as many of us know, is entirely dependent on relieving the burden of unfunded state mandates, especially Medicaid; workforce development; broadband expansion; and a renewed focus on regulatory reform.
Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column "From the Capitol..."
This week, "Taxes, red tape and burdensome mandates"
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