Issues
Education
- Improve accessibility to school psychologists and counselors.
- Support our teachers in addressing the mental health needs of students and staff.
- Ensure schools have the resources required to meet the needs of all children, including those with learning and other disabilities.
- Expand access to job training in areas where Minnesota’s employers indicate a need.
- Ensure that a college education is affordable for Minnesota’s students.
Public Safety
- Support gun violence prevention legislation that increases our safety, such as closing loopholes that allow prohibited persons to purchase firearms without background checks.
- Provide law enforcement with the tools needed to address violent crime and ensure offenders are held accountable.
- Work toward criminal justice reform, especially laws and practices that disproportionately impact people of color.
Social Equality
- Protect a person’s right to choose who to love, what to do with their body, and how to worship.
Representing You
- Maintain close contact with you to gather your views on key issues, so your voice will be heard at the Capitol.
Environment & Climate
- Protect the Boundary Waters Canoe area from mining pollution.
- Help Minnesota households access energy-efficient technology to reduce costs.
- Accelerate adoption of electric vehicles to cut our dependence on gasoline.
- Encourage the continued growth of clean energy jobs.
Health Care
- Work to improve access to affordable health care and medications.
- Protect access to abortion care.
- Ensure that our senior citizens, veterans, and people with health conditions have the services they need.
Economy & Transportation
- Promote affordable housing, infrastructure investment, and a well-trained workforce to attract and retain businesses.
- Invest in transportation to ensure Minnesotans’ safety and reduce congestion.
- Encourage businesses and educators to work closely to meet the needs of employers.
- Promote living wages and eliminate wage disparities for women and people of color.
- Meet the needs of working families by ensuring the availability of high-quality childcare.
- Oppose efforts to eliminate workers’ rights to collectively bargain.
Senior Issues
- Support robust home health care services for seniors to increase access to care, allow seniors to age in place, and prevent the need for more expensive care settings.
- Explore better transit options for the seniors living in our community.
Education
- Improve accessibility to school psychologists and counselors.
- Support our teachers in addressing the mental health needs of students and staff.
- Ensure schools have the resources required to meet the needs of all children, including those with learning and other disabilities.
- Expand access to job training in areas where Minnesota’s employers indicate a need.
- Ensure that a college education is affordable for Minnesota’s students.
Environment & Climate
- Protect the Boundary Waters Canoe area from mining pollution.
- Help Minnesota households access energy-efficient technology to reduce costs.
- Accelerate adoption of electric vehicles to cut our dependence on gasoline.
- Encourage the continued growth of clean energy jobs.
Health Care
- Work to improve access to affordable health care and medications.
- Protect access to abortion care.
- Ensure that our senior citizens, veterans, and people with health conditions have the services they need.
Public Safety
- Support gun violence prevention legislation that increases our safety, such as closing loopholes that allow prohibited persons to purchase firearms without background checks.
- Provide law enforcement with the tools needed to address violent crime and ensure offenders are held accountable.
- Work toward criminal justice reform, especially laws and practices that disproportionately impact people of color.
Senior Issues
- Support robust home health care services for seniors to increase access to care, allow seniors to age in place, and prevent the need for more expensive care settings.
- Explore better transit options for the seniors living in our community.
Economy & Transportation
- Promote affordable housing, infrastructure investment, and a well-trained workforce to attract and retain businesses.
- Invest in transportation to ensure Minnesotans’ safety and reduce congestion.
- Encourage businesses and educators to work closely to meet the needs of employers.
- Promote living wages and eliminate wage disparities for women and people of color.
- Meet the needs of working families by ensuring the availability of high-quality childcare.
- Oppose efforts to eliminate workers’ rights to collectively bargain.
Social Equality
- Protect a person’s right to choose who to love, what to do with their body, and how to worship.
Representing You
- Maintain close contact with you to gather your views on key issues, so your voice will be heard at the Capitol.
These issues are based on the thousands of conversations Kelly has had with her constituents.