Key Issues & Values

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EMT Funding

  • Provide funding that is needed for rural EMT services
  • Improve recruitment, retention and retirement efforts

Public Education

  • Ensure the tools for teachers to become high quality educators
  • Continue to ensure that families do not have to worry about school lunch funding
  • Improve teacher recruitment, retention and pension retirements for Greater Minnesota school districts

Gun Violence

  • Protect the rights of law abiding gun owners
  • Protect law enforcement and give them the equipment to protect themselves
  • Reduce the rate of gun violence by enacting common sense gun laws

Housing

  • Improve the availability for affordable housing in Greater Minnesota
  • Collaborate with construction investors and cities to have the ability to grow and invest in their communities
  • Ensure fairness in taxes for property owners

Fiscal Responsibility

  • Keep government accountable for spending and the use of the taxpayer dollars

Health Care

  • Work with insurance companies and the healthcare industry to ensure affordable rates and access to health insurance

Greater Minnesota Growth

  • Improve the infrastructure broadband access and provide incentives to help the businesses grow and thrive to keep small towns thriving
  • Implement incentives to increase remote work opportunities to allow for Greater Minnesota cities to grow

Equity and Inclusion

  • Continue work to break down barriers for all Minnesotans
  • Ensure rights for LGBTQ+ community, immigration and religious freedoms

Women’s Rights

  • Guarantee safe access to abortion in Minnesota
  • Close the gap in pay equity
  • Guarantee women’s choices along with the family on reproductive rights

“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln