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Marriage Equality
MARRIAGE EQUALITY The right of any person, regardless of sex, to marry the person he or she loves and have the opportunity to build a family together is one we must continue as a society to pursue and provide. Wisconsin has made some vital steps in the advancement of rights…
Health Care
HEALTH CARE I support BadgerCare and SeniorCare, which have allowed every child and 98% of Wisconsin citizens access to affordable health insurance by providing such access to those who otherwise don’t have it. I will fight any efforts to cut or eliminate SeniorCare and Medicare. I also support the full…
Education
EDUCATION I support State Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers “Fair Funding for our Future” plan that was introduced last year. This plan guarantees a minimum amount of state funding for every student, takes districts’ poverty levels into account, establishes predictable growth in state aids (using the CPI or a minimum…
Economy & Jobs
ECONOMY AND JOBS Advance Wisconsin’s Agriculture and BioScience Industries. In partnership with the University of Wisconsin system and local governments, we must work to advance technological incubators to create the next generation of jobs related to agriculture, biotechnology, food science, stem cells and sustainability. We should pursue legislation like the “Next…
Rep Robb Kahl Co-Authors Redistricting Reform Bill
To read the official press release click here. Press Release Contact: Robb Kahl 608-266-8570 For Immediate Release Thursday, April 11, 2013 Representative Robb Kahl Co-Authors Redistricting Reform Bill (MADISON) State Representative Robb Kahl (D-Monona) is joining with the 13 other freshman Democratic Assembly members in authoring a redistricting reform bill….
Lead By Example: FoodShare Bill
On 4/10/2013, Dee Hall of the Wisconsin State Journal writes: Proposed state law to prevent purchase of junk food using food stamps hits roadblock “A bill that would ban using food stamps to buy junk food hit a wall of opposition Tuesday ranging from anti-hunger activists to potato growers to…