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Senator says state vetoes left Opelika projects unfunded, urges constituent advocacy
Summary
At a town-hall listening session, State Senator Chevron Jones told Opelika residents that a recent $115 billion state budget included many vetoed local projects and urged constituents to lobby appropriations chairs to restore funding.
State Senator Chevron Jones told residents at an Opelika listening session that the recently passed $115,000,000,000 state budget included numerous vetoed local projects and urged constituents to press appropriations leaders to restore specific grants and appropriations.
Jones said the legislature approved the $115 billion budget and that projects Opelika submitted for appropriation were among those that did not receive funding. "We put forth over $66,500,000 in projects that were not funded," Jones said, and he singled out an ERP (enterprise resource planning) government finance software request intended to help the…
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