We have all felt the ridiculous healthcare costs in Wisconsin in some form or another. With several local hospitals leaving western Wisconsin, we are in a new reality of expensive and limited access to healthcare. Rural hospital closures are not secluded to Wisconsin; they are a national crisis. But there are ways to alleviate this issue.

Every Wisconsinite should have guaranteed access to quality and affordable care, regardless of zip code. If elected, I would support putting healthcare into the hands of the public by improving options such as BadgerCare and fully supporting the BadgerCare public option healthcare plan. No Wisconsinite should live without healthcare, and no one should ever go bankrupt for the costs of lifesaving services. To help alleviate costs for hospitals and Wisconsinites, I would support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and improve payments and transparency rules for local rural hospitals.

For far too long, our Public Schools have been neglected by the republican controlled legislature. We have seen the decline since the Walker administration days with the passage of Act 10 and other harmful measures such as No Child Left Behind, which have hurt public school teachers and funding. Because of our Republican-controlled legislature, we have seen the need for School Districts to rely on referendums for the financing they need, often relying on raising property taxes on an already overburdened community. Things do not have to be this way.

If elected, I will ensure that School Districts get their funding in line with inflation, which has been ignored for the last 13 years, and repeal Act 10 to give our teachers a voice and a return of adequate pay. We can do this by using our tax surplus, decreasing public taxpayer dollars to private voucher schools, and using appropriate taxation methods that do not take from the paystubs of hardworking Wisconsinites.

Wisconsin was once known as a center of the Labor movement, with figures such as Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette, who fought for workers' rights in the early 1900s. He strongly advocated for farmers, the Working Class, and the breakup of corporate monopolies. Wisconsin can return to these roots and lift the working class again. Wisconsin no longer needs to heel under the boot of a billion-dollar corporation that only seeks to steal from the pockets of the average Joe.

As a proud son of a Union worker, I seek to support workers' right to join a union. I fully support the repeal of Act 10 and Right to Work laws that have weakened our unions, which has caused a staggering decrease in real wages for the average Wisconsinite. Strong unions mean better pay and a better quality of life and work. By supporting unions, we protect the dignity of labor and the safety that unions provide everyone in Wisconsin. By supporting me, and if elected, I will be a voice for the working class and an advocate for all working-class families.

Born into a family of two full-time working parents, I can understand the struggle folks face to raise their children. For my generation, the outrageous costs of childcare and the limited time we have put the idea of starting a family on the back burner. These costs include the medical bills associated with giving birth to a child, formula, diapers, baby food, and the dramatic costs of early childhood education.

Every family in Wisconsin should be able to raise their children without fear of wondering how they will get their next meal, whether their child is falling behind kids their age, and whether they can afford pre-k education, which is exceptionally beneficial for their educational development. That is why I support guaranteed paid family and medical leave, the Child Tax credit expansion, and most importantly, universal pre-k. I understand that each of these points is vastly different from each other. Still, one result can't be refuted: When a child is raised and given proper attention, care, and education, they become a better part of our society.

Need I say more? Legalizing recreational would not only be an economic benefit to Wisconsin, but it is the most common sense piece of legislation that should be passed. According to the ACLU of Wisconsin, we are potentially missing out on $150 million tax dollars that could be used towards schools and social programs. And in 2023, Wisconsinites spent $36 million in Illinois on cannabis products. If elected, I would support legalizing cannabis and partially using the taxes raised to offset property tax raises in lower-income school districts to ease the tax burden on Wisconsinites.

Having a sister and a mother, I could never imagine the idea of not having control over your own body. I believe everyone deserves the freedom to choose what is right for them, and that includes protecting the choice for women to have an abortion. Abortion is not a simple, fast decision; it requires emotional and thoughtful analysis of where someone is in their life, and the last thing they need is a politician making that decision for them. The majority of Americans oppose banning abortions in the wake of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. Now, we potentially live in an age where contraception will be made illegal, eliminating birth control for millions upon millions of Americans.

Women’s healthcare is being attacked, and that is why I support a Wisconsin constitutional amendment giving women the freedom to choose what is right over their bodies. Reproductive health is more than just access to abortion; it helps families, it provides for the health of potential parents, and it provides an essential service for millions of Americans.

Born and raised in Wisconsin, I had the privilege of being educated by some of the world's most incredible educators. While we have seen an attack on higher education in recent years, this attack has gone back decades to the point that higher education is out of reach for many Wisconsinites due to rising costs. To this day, I have student debt yet to be repaid, but that doesn't mean we should burden the next generation. I have always supported the Wisconsin Idea “that education should influence people's lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom.” Our publicly funded universities should never be out of reach, but they should be a resource for all Wisconsinites and serve everyone. In history, we have seen how the collaboration between the state and the universities has benefited Wisconsinites, such as the workers' compensation law passed during the time of Robert La Follette. I wish to bring a new age to the Wisconsin Idea, one founded to lift our universities to be the best in the nation. Using our state's tax surplus, we should focus on reducing tuition costs for Wisconsin residents and support UW programs that aim to revitalize our state and improve Wisconsinites' daily lives. I have the utmost faith in all of higher education, whether Public Universities or our Technical College system.