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Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 3:29:58 GMT -6
About 40 local business and community leaders will fly to Washington, D.C., on Monday for three days of meetings with lawmakers to discuss national issues that may impact Central Texas during a turbulent election year and to present their priorities in the areas of economic development, education, health care and transportation. The office of Rep. Bill Flores, a Republican representing District 17, which includes Waco, is coordinating the trip, which will include a contingent from Bryan-College Station. The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce’s Public Policy Committee joined Flores in putting together the itinerary. “We’re very excited about this opportunity to meet with our elected officials and representatives of various government entities as a whole and in small groups over three days,” said Jessica Attas, who in October became the chamber’s full-time director of public policy. Attas said local leaders will discuss the continued widening of Interstate 35 through Greater Waco and beyond, a project that has exploded in price to about $400 million but will have a sizable impact on the local and statewide economy. Without continued improvement to the interstate, Attas said, big rigs and automobiles face traffic snarls that impede commerce and compromise air quality. Read more: www.wacotrib.com/news/business/waco-area-business-leaders-fly-to-us-capital-discuss-i/article_f3a19bcb-dc71-5f53-9469-63f96ad62997.html
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