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months. Many are predicting the 60-day winter session will spill over into spring.
The fight over taxes— whether to raise and lower a series of existing taxes to broaden the overall tax burden and raise more money—is the central issue of the session, but, with some 3,000 bills introduced annually, there is bound to be a few surprises.
One may be offered by Obenshain, according to Hayes. The senator, he said, is convinced the use of and trafficking in methamphetamines is “increasingly a major problem in the Shenandoah Valley area.” He is coordinating with the Attorney General’s office to produce a bill that would raise the penalties for methamphetamine conviction to equal cocaine.
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