In the wake of the election results in November, there has been talk that Republican majorities in the state legislature …
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In the wake of the election results in November, there has been talk that Republican majorities in the state legislature …
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In a guest opinion for The Gazette last January, I wrote, ‘First you campaign and then, if elected, you have …
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