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State Senator Graig Meyer (D-Orange) joins Aaron to preview this year’s long session of the General Assembly. It’s a budget year, and Meyer says the conversation is about to be a tough one: Republican leaders want to continue cutting taxes, but they’re about to hit a fiscal cliff where continued tax cuts will leave the state without enough funds to cover its necessary costs – including public education and health care, but also hurricane relief.
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