BELLEVUE- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carol Blood highlighted her pillars for the state and ideal direction following the term of Governor Pete Ricketts over the 4th of July holiday.

Blood’s first priority is helping Nebraskans “be well and feel safe.” She wants to make sure local law enforcement agencies and rescue squads get what they need from the state.

Blood’s second priority is bringing to light unfunded and underfunded state mandates on local governments and schools, so lawmakers can address the costs on property taxpayers.

Infrastructure is her third priority, with particular emphasis on the need for state investments to improve roads, bridges and broadband deployment across Nebraska.

Blood’s final priority is education, where she said the state fails to meet its own lawmaker-designed K-12 funding formulas and tweaks them to match how much the state wants to spend.

“We need accountability,” she said. “We don’t have accountability.”

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