Standing by South Texas Families
Standing by South Texas Families
Issues
Issues
- Expand Medicaid to ensure more working families have access to primary care doctors instead of relying on emergency rooms.
- Support new mothers and expand Medicaid eligibility from 6 months to 1 year post pregnancy.
- Address the nursing shortage and provide more scholarships to encourage young people into frontline health care careers and help keep the best and the brightest in our community.
- Address teacher burnout exacerbated by the pandemic by raising teacher pay and relieving the pressure to teach to the test.
- Fund universal pre-K when brain development is critical and help ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to learn.
- Support and expand career technology education in K-12 to train for hirable job skills at salaries that can break the cycle of poverty.
- Expand graduate degree programs throughout South Texas colleges to meet the demands for jobs in science, engineering, and energy industries.
- Support a strong business environment, especially for small businesses who are the driving force in job creation.
- Increase access to capital to help small businesses come back from the pandemic and create a small business incubator fund to support innovation.
- Ensure state contracts are awarded evenly to businesses of all sizes.
- Increase investment in workforce development training, partnering with community colleges and Texas State Technical Institute.
- Clamp down on price gouging during natural disasters and make sure the exorbitant costs incurred during the winter storm are not passed down onto consumers.
- Promote weatherization and strengthen emergency planning to ensure stability during hurricanes and natural disasters.
- Advocate for increased broadband access for all residents to ensure everyone has access to quality telemedicine and expanded education.
