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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of January 6, 2014 ~ 'Beginning the new year, legislatively'
Thomas F. O'Mara
January 6, 2014
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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, "Beginning the new year, legislatively"
[See attached copy of Senator O'Mara's column in the January 6th Corning Leader]
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