Rural EMS Service Proposals
1. Exempt small rural ambulance services from the Health care gross receipts tax
2. Rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program
3. Permanent – predictable funding for all rural EMS
4. Minimum reimbursement rate tied to true cost of service
5. Designate EMS as an “essential service” like police and fire
6. Reform reimbursement rules for insurance companies
7. Ensure all towns and townships pay their fair share
8. Encourage telemedicine support for rural EMS
Public Education
1. Strengthen Public schools, streamline funding, fully fund special education/ELL programs
2. Support teachers with housing, student-teacher pay and recruitment incentives
3. Expand CTE, AG programs, apprenticeships and partnerships with local business
Gun Violence and Public Safety
1. Pro-Second Amendment – no new restrictions
2. Focus on threat assessment teams, school-based mental health and early intervention
3. Community-based violence prevention
Housing
1. Incentivize rural housing construction (low-income – workforce housing)
2. Keep property taxes low – eliminate for seniors/fixed income homeowners – reform Homestead/non-homestead tax
3. Promote community stability through affordable housing
Fraud and Government Accountability
1. Hold officials accountable
2. Stop waste and misuse of taxpayer funds
3. Enforce transparency and strong audit practices
Health Care
1. Insurance Price Transparency Act
2. Telehealth Expansion and APRN Independence Bill
3. Rural Competition Incentive Program
4. Administrative Simplification Act
5. Property Tax Reform and Tax Credits for Expansion for Care in Rural Areas
Rural Economic Growth
1. Rural Job Creation Tax Credit
2. Sales Tax Exemption on Production Inputs
3. Commercial Property Tax Relief for Job-Creating Facilities
4. Faster Permitting – Without Lowering Standards
5. Small Business Regulatory Simplification Act
Farming in SW Minnesota
1. Support Family Farms
2. Strengthen Agriculture Mental Health Resources
3. Beef Producers: Strengthen local meat processing – Fair Cattle markets – Disaster and Risk Protection
4. Pork Producers: Disease prevention and biosecurity – improve coordination with federal disease monitoring (without new mandates) – smart regulations – energy and Feed Cost Relief
5. Dairy Farmers: Stabilize dairy income – workforce solutions – help next generation dairy farmers
6. All Livestock Producers: limit corporate tax advantages that favor consolidation – Support right of first refusal programs for beginning farmers – rural infrastructure to improve rural broadband for precision AG and market access and invest in roads and bridges for transportation – expand rural vet services
Women’s Rights
1. Protect Choice Within the Law
2. Support Family-Centered Reproductive Health
3. Safeguard Conscientious Medical Care: ensure hospitals and doctors can make medical decisions without political interference
4. Public Education and Prevention
