Issue Position: Our Economy

Issue Position

Grow high-value industries that provide lifelong career opportunities--film, renewable energy, technology, health care.

If the last eight years have shown us anything, it's that our economy needs some serious work, and that our elected officials can't afford to neglect the economy. As your Representative from District 29, I want to:

Champion the growth of our film, high-tech, health, and renewable energy industries, leading to the types of careers that last a lifetime and produce valuable returns across the entire economy;

Invest in our infrastructure, especially our broadband internet capacity, to close the digital divide and bring a world of opportunities to every community in our state;

Invest in entrepreneurial and small business education and resource centers to provide the skills training and vision for those pursuing new opportunities;

Ensure we're providing our children with the skills and knowledge necessary to compete in today's economy -- and tomorrow's. I will fight for evidence-based education in literacy and mathematics as well as developing STEM and STEAM programs that will boost our children into future careers, careers that may not even exist yet; and

Develop apprenticeship programs in traditional and emerging industries that combine real life experience and training hand in hand with high school and post-secondary credentials.

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