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House Labor, Commerce and Industry committee outlines focus on small businesses, rural revitalization and workforce
Summary
At an organizational meeting, the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee set priorities including small-business supports, rural infrastructure and workforce development; members also raised liquor-liability concerns and competition between existing firms and new entrants that receive incentives.
The House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee met for an organizational session to set its priorities for the coming term and named leadership for the panel.
The committee’s chair (name not specified in the transcript) opened the meeting by thanking Speaker Smith for reconstituting the panel and announced the chair’s appointment and that Steven Long has been named vice chair. The chair said the committee will focus on small businesses, rural infrastructure and downtown revitalization, and called for work to attract corporate headquarters and retain working-age adults.
The chair summarized a pair of statistics for committee consideration: “So we are losing currently 30% of our college graduates,” the chair said,…
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