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Senator Volker Hosts Business Roundtable Focusing On The Upstate Economy
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The UpstateNOW plan would: reduce taxes, energy and health care costs for employers; provide Upstate with a 21st century
economic infrastructure; strengthen small businesses, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and other key industries; make
Upstate an international leader in new and emerging technologies; revitalize downtowns and local communities throughout
the region; support clean, renewable energy initiatives; strengthen our workforce; and enact sweeping reforms to make the
Upstate region more business-friendly and economically competitive.
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