CONWAY — Experience matters.
That was one thing Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley reiterated during a 55-minute editorial board at the Sun on Wednesday. Bradley believes that experience was key in overriding Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto, keeping the state's biomass plants from closure, including one in Tamworth.
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