Ballotpedia, Melissa Dicranian

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Melissa Dicranian

Supports reducing state income tax and eliminating taxes on electric energy.

Supports improving the youth workforce, believing there has been a "greatest decline" in the 16 to 24-year-old group, and wants to help them gain education, training, and in-demand skills.

Advocates for providing education and training for in-demand skills to address the youth workforce decline.

Plans to remove taxation and regulation barriers in the economy.

- Supports reducing state income tax and eliminating taxes on electric energy.
- Advocates for providing education and training for in-demand skills to address the youth workforce decline.
- Plans to reduce regulation.
- Opposes raising the minimum wage.

Economy

Opposes legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia.

- Opposes abortion access.
- Opposes legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Healthcare

Supports "ideal learning classrooms" and school choice.

Education

Believes Pennsylvania governors' energy strategies led to "unconstitutional taxes" and rising energy prices, despite the state producing more electricity than it consumes.

Energy & the Environment

Supports providing First Responders with necessary resources to protect communities, families, and children.

Supports providing first responders with the necessary resources to protect communities. 

Said, "The effects of our open borders are visible depravations of the very reason citizens have a right to protection."

Believes the US should do more to secure the southern border. 

- Supports providing first responders with the necessary resources to protect communities. 
- Believes the US should do more to secure the southern border. 
- Opposes gun control.

Public Safety

As of September 30, 2024, Melissa C Dicranian’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes recent bank failures are due to deregulation, saying "A blind obsession with deregulation is indeed dangerous."

- Supports unions.
- Supports raising the minimum wage.
- Opposes deregulation.

Plans to negotiate with insurance lobbyists and pharmaceutical companies to make healthcare and prescription medication more affordable.

Plans to reduce the cost of prescription medication. 

Supports expanding access to effective treatment and creating opportunities for recovery.

Supports expanding access to effective addiction treatment. 

- Supports abortion access.
- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Plans to reduce the cost of prescription medication. 
- Supports expanding access to effective addiction treatment. 

Supports making Pennsylvania’s community colleges and state universities tuition-free for families.

Supports making community colleges and state universities tuition-free for Pennsylvania families.

- Supports making community colleges and state universities tuition-free for Pennsylvania families.

Supports taxing fracking to make it less profitable and clean energy alternatives more competitive.

- Supports taxing fracking to make it less profitable and clean energy alternatives more competitive.

Supports red flag laws and proposed gun reforms, including banning firearms while intoxicated, establishing an assault weapons buy-back program, and enforcing penalties for violating property owners' firearm bans.

Opposes voter ID laws, arguing that they disenfranchise over 21 million Americans for an insignificant amount of voter fraud.

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Kristine C. Howard

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