246 bills will be introduced into the State Senate Tuesday and Assistant Senate Secretaries Michael Linn and Colleen Pacheco wanted to make sure that process ran smoothly hours before the State Legislature reconvened.
Starting his 8th legislative session, legally blind Alex Lee stocked soda into second floor coolers. State Services for the Blind has run concessions in the Capitol for decades. 
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