Anne Stava-Murray in 2020 IL Senate race
On Families & Children:
After #MeToo moment, withdrew support for Speaker Madigan
Stava-Murray said she didn't vote for [Illinois Incumbent House Speaker Michael] Madigan because what had happened under his watch. "I didn't start off saying I wasn't going to vote for [Madigan], but the more that
I talked to my constituents and then really after that #MeToo moment, I began to ask publicly that he step down from his role as [party] chair and as speaker," the freshman Democrat said after the swearing-in ceremony in Springfield.
Source: WQAD-News-8 on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Jan 9, 2019
On Drugs:
End marijuana probation; allow regulation and taxation
I support ending the adult (age 21+) marijuana prohibition, which prevents the regulation and taxation of a widely occurring activity.
With this should come responsible regulation & public health tracking.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Drugs:
Legalize recreational marijuana & include safety provisions
Q: Should recreational marijuana be legalized?A: Yes. We would need to ensure that legalization includes provisions for public safety, which would include impaired driving. "Breathalyzers" for marijuana aren't necessary--probable cause for pulling
over could be similar for alcohol impairment or texting and driving, including dangerous behaviors like multiple lane departures. Field sobriety tests could set the standard for impaired consciousness that could result from other substances as well
Source: Chicago Sun-Times on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Education:
Shift cost of education away from property tax
Property taxes in Illinois are absurdly high. To fix property taxes, we need to fix the largest driver of cost within property taxes: public education funding.
Anyone who talks about property taxes in isolation misses the larger point of how broken our state's system of education funding has been. The cost burden for public education has been taken on at the local level for far too long.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Education:
Decades of disinvestment have hurt Illinois state schools
Q: From 2000 to 2016, the number of Illinois residents who enrolled as college freshmen outside the state increased by 73% (20,507 to 35,445).
Why are so many more Illinois residents going to college elsewhere? What should be done to encourage more of them to go to school here?
Stava-Murray: High cost and an uncertainty about the commitment of the state to improving the dire situation many state universities have been put into by decades of disinvestment and highly public impacts by the recent budget impasse hurt IL state
schools when college bound students are determining (often with the input of their parents) where to go. Several initiatives to make IL state schools more competitive were just signed into law, including but not limited to scholarships and funding.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Energy & Oil:
Reduce coal-protectionist provisions, increase regulations
I agree with the vast majority of the objectives and substance of the Future Energy Jobs Act. I believe we need to do more to have a net carbon neutral footprint, including reducing coal-protectionists provisions included in this act. Further,
I think we need to increase regulation of consumption of coal energy from neighbor states so companies don't move to skirt IL environmental regulations. Finally, I believe we need to evaluate any other unintended consequences of this act
Source: Chicago Sun-Times on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Government Reform:
Favor legislative term limits
Term limits for legislative leaders are necessary to avoid dangerous consolidations of power.
If eight years is good enough for the president, it should be good enough for Illinois House legislative leaders. Elections should be enforceable term limits for legislators.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Government Reform:
End gerrymandering and voter suppression
One of the largest barriers to competitive elections is the unfair mapping process that prioritizes making "safe" seats for each party. We need campaign finance reform to reduce the undue influence of donors and political parties.
We need an end to voter suppression tactics in all their various forms. Finally, there are extreme barriers to entry to getting on the ballot that could be reduced at almost every point.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Gun Control:
We can reduce number of gun-related suicides
Reducing gun-related violence is a critical issue.
Nearly three in five gun-related deaths are self-inflicted and there are solutions we can implement to reduce this number.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Gun Control:
Proactive legislation to crack down on reckless gun owners
We need to be addressing gun violence where someone who shouldn't have a gun uses said gun to take someone else's life. There are several types of legislation that can work to reduce this outcome, including but not limited to:
passing and enforcing gun dealer licensing, incentivizing local law enforcement to disarm individuals whose FOID card has been revoked, and creating proactive legislation to deal with the looming era of 3D printed guns.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Health Care:
Supports Medicare-for-All, with immediate transition
The freshman Democrat said her support for an immediate transition to a national single-payer healthcare system, or 'Medicare-for-all,' restrictions on 3D-printed firearms, and stronger punishment for polluting companies set her apart from [Incumbent
Democratic U.S. Senator Dick] Durbin on matters of policy. "Medicare-for-All, he really hasn't [supported], she said. "I think he sort of vaguely hinted that it should happen, but [he] hasn't really made an effort to make that really happen.
Source: Mark Maxwell, WCIA News, on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Jobs:
Pass fair scheduling laws to combat on-demand scheduling
Q: On-demand scheduling software now helps large retail companies determine how many staff members they will need on a day-to-day or even hour-to-hour basis. The downside is that employees may not receive their work schedules until the last minute.
Oregon and a number of cities have responded by adopting "fair scheduling" laws. Would it be appropriate for the Illinois Legislature to pass a "fair scheduling" law? What would such a law look like?Stava-Murray: It would absolutely be appropriate
for the IL legislature to pass "fair scheduling" laws that look to the Oregon legislation as a jumping off point, which are in place for companies with over 500 employees worldwide. Key features would include a requirement for a good faith estimate of
work schedule at the time of hire that: states the median number of hours the employee is expected to working in an average month; explains the voluntary standby list; and sets an objective standard for working on-call shifts.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times on 2020 Illinois Senatorial race
Oct 22, 2018
On Social Security:
Our state pension debt is underfunded
Our status quo failed flat tax mandate holds Illinois back. We need to fix our pension debt underfunding via financial best practices.
Additional revenue is absolutely necessary to solve the pension crisis. Short-term solutions like issuing pension obligation bonds are needed alongside longer-term sources.
Source: Chicago Daily Herald on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Oct 22, 2018
On Abortion:
Progressive and pregnant prochoice champion
A progressive (and pregnant!) prochoice champion. She unofficially founded the local chapter of the Women's March and lobbied the local government on prochoice positions. Stava-Murray went to Springfield to lobby on HB40, legislation that provides state
health insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortions. Stava-Murray, a prochoice advocate, understood the importance of including abortion services in the state health insurance and Medicaid. Reproductive Rights is Anne's top issue.
Source: DailyKos blog on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Feb 14, 2018
On Abortion:
OpEd: Supports expanded abortion rights
Repeal partial birth abortion ban; allow abortion through all 9 months; eliminate licensing, health and safety inspections of abortion clinics; force private insurance companies to cover abortions; allow non-physicians to do chemical/medical abortions;
remove physician requirements for babies born alive; remove requirement to investigate "maternal or fetal death due to abortion." Add "age" to "health of the patient" making the Parental Notification of Abortion Act wide open to court challenges.
Source: Illinois Family Institute on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Feb 14, 2018
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