Ian Mackey

Criminal Justice / Public Safety

It’s time that treatment courts for nonviolent offenses be the norm in every jurisdiction in our state. It’s also time to update our criminal statutes pertaining to marijuana use, abolish mandatory minimum sentences, and establish a more fair and rehabilitative process for juvenile offenders. Learn more

Education

We have the opportunity, with a record state budget surplus, to establish universal pre-K in our state. Learn more

We must also restructure our school funding formula to more adequately address high need areas, to include transportation spending, and to relieve some of the tax burden felt particularly by seniors in our community. Learn more

And lastly, we must do more to address the school to prison pipeline, by ending the ineffective punitive reactions to challenging behavior. Rather than suspending our youngest students or relying on corporal punishment or seclusion rooms, we should instead invest more in school counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals that can provide support and resources to students and teachers during challenging and stressful times. Learn more

We have the opportunity, with a record state budget surplus, to establish universal pre-K in our state. We must at the least fund the recently established Quality Assurance assessment program to ensure that our state’s preschools and early learning centers are the best they can be. Learn more

Environment / Energy

Missouri must increase the number of solar farms and continue to modernize our electric grid. Learn more

Guns

We must do more to keep guns out of the hands of minors, which is why I’ve proposed what should be common sense legislation to require an ID check and age verification at every gun purchase. Learn more

Healthcare

Health care must be affordable, accessible, and equitable for every Missourian. Learn more