Public health and safety are my highest priorities.
As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student.
We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.
We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
Under HB 2655, the state is responsible to ensure parents are aware of the purpose and value of assessments and receive notice from their local school districts about their rights and obligations. Educators must engage with parents about the value of assessment and the potential consequences if parents opt out and student participation diminishes.
I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.
I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.
No individual, regardless of where they live or whom they love, should suffer discrimination.
Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.
Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.
I realized I could make a difference. I could be their voice; I could fight for them... There's no better place to fight for working families than the governor's chair.
State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.
Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
I seek solutions, not battles.
I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
I know what it feels like to be paid less - substantially less - than the male lawyer in the office next to me.
