The Issues

Close the healthcare coverage gap for 500,000 North Carolinians by expanding Medicaid.
Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program that provides low-income first-time mothers with home visit by registered nurses—helping mother and baby get a healthy start.
Recognize Medicaid expansion as an important step in addressing mental health and substance use disorders.

Attract business development and jobs with appropriate infrastructure, including improvements in transportation and high-speed internet.
Support equal pay for equal work, living wages, and safe working conditions.
Restore the Earned Income Tax Credit for families that earn less than $50,000 a year and restore the childcare tax credit.
Adopt policies that prioritize small businesses and their employees.
Increase unemployment benefits and strengthen the program for future crises.
Support the growing clean energy economy with policies that encourage solar and wind energy projects.

Invest in quality public education for all children regardless of their zip code.
Restore teacher pay and benefits to at least the national average.
Address staff and infrastructure needs for a safe and productive learning environment for our children and their teachers.
Expand access to pre-K and affordable higher education.

Support systems for aging-in-place, such as meal home delivery and adult daycare.
Recognize the contribution of family caregivers, including their need for respite care.
Support programs for adults with developmental disabilities to live as independently as possible.
Protect retirees' pensions and benefits from unfair attacks.

Work to ensure that all people are recognized as equal before the law and treated equitably, without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, class, religious preference, age, or disability.
Support an independent, non-partisan commission to draw maps for fair voting districts.
Expand ways to increase voter registration and improve voter turnout among all eligible citizens.

Protect the public's right to clean water by holding corporations accountable for cleanup of their pollution that threatens our rivers and other water sources.
Adopt policies that encourage the use of renewable and sustainable energy.
Expand access to available healthcare.