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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of December 9, 2019 ~ 'State leaders eyeing higher taxes, again'
December 9, 2019
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ISSUE:
- Medicaid
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Medicaid is a fiscal train wreck barreling out of control toward future generations of state and local taxpayers. Addressing this crisis now becomes the defining issue of the 2020 legislative session.
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 leaders eyeing higher taxes, again"
[Attached above, see Senator O'Mara's column in The Leader on Sunday, December 8, 2019]
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