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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of March 11, 2018 ~ 'State investment key to future of local roads'
March 12, 2018
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ISSUE:
- local roads and bridges
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Local governments face increasingly difficult fiscal constraints due to the tax cap and long-stagnant state aid to municipalities. State investment in local transportation is fundamentally important to local economic development, job creation, motorist safety and property tax relief.
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, "State investment key to future of local roads"
[see attached copy above of Senator O'Mara's column in The Leader on March 11, 2018]
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