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March 3, 2023 Work is underway to engage licensed contractors as they build out their Licensing journey with the Ursa system. Follow the links below to participate. In early 2022 TSBC began an initiative to learn about your experiences and challenges with licensing, and listen to your ideas and priorities around improving the licensing function. Go…
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