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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jan 27, 2018, 04:20 AM Jan 2018

House Democrats push for better education, healthcare and ethics in Legislative agenda

Alabama House Democratic Caucus leaders said Wednesday that they will be introducing a series of bills in the coming weeks to back up a broad agenda that focuses on a wide range of issues.

From education, workforce development, healthcare and prison reform, to fighting the opioid epidemic, increasing funding for mental health coverage and ending corruption, Democrats say they are focused on an ambitious but doable agenda, though they offered few specifics.

“As a state, we are facing enormous challenges.,” said House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, R-Huntsville. “How will we ensure that every student gets a first-class education from birth to college, trade school and beyond? How do we address the thousands upon thousands of children without health insurance? How do we address our closing hospitals?”

Daniels and several other members of the Democratic Caucus outlined their agenda in a press conference Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.alreporter.com/2018/01/25/house-democrats-push-better-education-health-care-ethics-legislative-agenda/

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House Democrats push for better education, healthcare and ethics in Legislative agenda (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP
"R"-Huntsville ?? What is this, Faux News ? nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #1
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