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North Dakota <br /> <br />Economic & Tax Policy <br /> <br /> Support a program of unemployment compensation insur~Lnce adequate to address current <br /> unemployment insurance needs in the state while maintair ing long-term trust fund stability <br /> <br />Economic Development & Housing <br /> <br />· Support legislation that encourages entrepreneurship in the state and improves the state's <br /> (global) economic competitiveness, including tax incentives for (venture) capital formation <br />· Support tax incentives for economic development, entrepreneurs and small businesses, <br /> including tax increment financing programs and an "histo:ic homeowner tax credit" <br /> <br />Education, Training & Workforce Development <br /> <br />· Support adequate, equitable state funding to local school cistricts that are experiencing <br /> enrollment fluctuations while emphasizing responsible pltnning and expenditures <br />· Support adequate, supplemental state funding to local school districts that must provide <br /> English Language Learners programs to culturally-diverse students <br />· Support renewed legislative approval of"flexibility with z.ccountability" protocol/measures <br /> for the North Dakota University System <br />· Support increased funding for early childhood and family education programs in the state <br />· Support legislation that encourages innovative programs and funding methods to help <br /> employers and communities to provide child care, health care, housing and transportation <br /> assistance for New American and other employees <br /> <br />Energy, Environment & Water Management <br /> <br />· Support legislation that fosters development of lignite coa. and renewable energy sources in <br /> the state and improves electricity transmission capacity for exporting energy to other states <br />· Support legislation and efforts intended to maintain and enhance water infrastructure and <br /> <br />availability in the state <br />Support legislation and efforts to implement temporary an <br />and related damage in the Devils Lake Basin <br /> <br />Health Care <br /> <br />· Support statewide efforts to increase access, affordability <br /> establishing new health care delivery models and small-er <br /> <br />Labor, Management & The Workplace <br /> <br />· <br /> <br />Support a statewide analysis of labor trends and legislatiol <br />retention and incentives to employers who tap non-traditk <br /> <br />d permanent solutions to flooding <br /> <br />md choice in health care by <br />~ployer purchasing pools <br /> <br />that fosters job creation, youth <br />,nal labor sources <br /> <br />Support legislation that protects and provides for adequat~ funding and long-term stability of <br />the state-administered worker compensation system <br /> <br /> <br />