Candidate for Nebraska State Senate - District 47 in 2024 Nebraska General Election.
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Get StartedRemove truancy from being a status offender status and invest in mediation. Learn more
To date, most people that need drug rehab or mental health end up in our correctional facilities rather than get the help they need. This has increased the recidivism rates and overpopulated our jail system. Utilizing drug courts, drug rehab facilities, mental health facilities, and a diverse diversion program has shown to reduce the recidivism rates by 60%. Learn more
College forgiveness program to help spike economy and push for new business start-ups with first-time homeownership growth. We gave the banks bail out, it's time they return the favor. Enough elite bailouts let's help the people for a change. Learn more
I will continue to work on a program that I've been researching that will decrease greenhouse gases, improve energy efficiency, and put more money into each district while decreasing everyone's gas and electric bills. The research shows that on average would decrease utilities by 60%. This program will bring more money into each community in the entire state, and at the same time it would reinvest into each community to advance educations and technology. Learn more
We should be utilizing our contractors and unions and investing in them. Investing in our own contractors and our own services is the only way to create economic stability. Hundreds of millions of dollars go to contracts with Colorado and Wyoming and that creates instability in our economy. If we want progressive improvements, we need to think of Nebraska first. Learn more
There are many areas that need to be worked on and improved in our health programs. Over the past decade our government has decreased funds for clinics, drug rehab clinics, mental health clinics, and VA care. There are areas that I would want to work on and improve. Learn more
Expanded Medicare (with a common-sense approach and a responsible budget). Learn more
I do support fast track citizenship for legal immigrants who have served in the U.S. Military. Learn more
On infrastructure, I want to push goals to finish the Heartland Expressway, repair roadways that were damaged in the floods, and upgrade several dams and improve our water supplies. Learn more
Get rid of the inheritance tax. That will help reduce estate foreclosures. Learn more
Support the homestead act that allows seniors to be tax-exempt from land taxes. Learn more
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