Addie Jenne talks health care, economic opportunity and infrastructure
"There's a lot of talk about national politics," she said during an editorial board meeting Monday at the
It is at the state level, however, that she plans to address these issues, from health care shortages to economic opportunity to infrastructure.
One thing
"We are not prepared for the demand in our nursing homes," she said.
"You would be shifting the cost from household budgets and small business budgets to the state budget,"
"That is an issue you can't separate from single payer," she said. "We should do it all in one fell swoop."
"He doesn't want a failure going into 2020,"
But
"I think doing it in pieces would be far more problematic," she said.
"My proposal doesn't create such a beneficial system that bad farmers can stay in business," she said.
Asked if
"I think it gives us the ability to play in those markets," she said.
Ending the Regional Economic Development Councils would also, according to
"I think it's important for members of the Legislature to partner with local government," she said. "Me being able to bring in a couple of million dollars extra to help our school system, to address long standing, systematic problems, is extremely important."
"Should we be giving recreational (marijuana) more of a small, craft perspective, or at least give them a five- or 10-year head start?"
"I think national security should trump Article 10," she said.
"That's going to take serious funding streams at the federal and state level," she said. "It's going to be a variety of approaches that are taken."
To get the state funding,
"It's been difficult to get the local delegation to understand the seriousness of this issue," she said.
She also thinks a
In January, the
"Since that time (of the study) we have seen an enormous amount of development between
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