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- Require Pledge of Allegiance to be said daily in public schools (allowing exceptions for those who object)
- Require law enforcement agencies to publicly account for money, cars and other property seized during drug raids and criminal investigations; prohibit personal use
- Tougher drug laws, including: Statewide Grand Jury; drug-free workplace programs; penalties for contraband in prison
- Early intervention for disabled children
- Prohibit state, county and city officials from representing clients in uncontested cases before their level of government; require detailed disclosure when representation does occur in contested cases
- Tougher limits for lobbyists including mandatory disclosure of direct business associations by lobbyists with legislators
- Require school district revenues in excess of budget to be applied toward next year’s taxes, impose checks on spending, and create a five percent reserve fund for districts
- Streamlined magistrate system; prohibit pay for work not performed
- Prohibit unfunded mandates from State to local governments
- Make government information more open t the public by expanding the scope of public information under the Freedom of Information Act
- Orientation sessions for newly elected legislators by state agencies
- Increase accountability of the Senate, including limiting ability of the Senate to approve appointments of a Senator to an office and requiring accurate disclosure of Senators’ attendance when voting
- Reorganization of the state’s most political agency, the State Department of Highways and Public Transporation
- Require public disclosure of complaints about nursing homes and the disposition of the complaints
- Worked for county senior citizens centers, and housing for the elderly
- Protect rights of mentally ill and mentally retarded
- Teach citizenship in public schools
- Require Parole Board to consider in-prison disciplinary record of prisoners before giving parole; require public disclosure of this record
- License plates honoring military retirees
- Civil penalties for shoplifters
- Upgrade professional and educational qualifications for sheriffs and of coroners
- Establishment of community recreation districts by referendum
- Women’s Right to Know about abortions before having an abortion
- Lower auto insurance rates upon passing approved driver training courses
- Prohibit hazing at state universities and colleagues
- Allow public disclosure of information considered by Legislative Audit Council
- Prohibit disclosure for commercial solicitation of government information about disabled persons
- Early intervention for preschool age children with disabilities
- Prevent magistrates from making arrests like police officers
- Medically Indigent Assistance Program
- Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act
- Provide for investigation, prosecution and penalties for fraud in Medicaid Program and by medical providers and recipients
- Stop tax exemptions for agricultural property not used for farming
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Resource Coordinanting Center
- Create area agencies on aging to provide services to the elderly
- Require public disclosure of reports of professional and occupations licensing boards
- Regulate manner of solicitations by charitable organizations
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