Gage Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
gjohnson17@murraystate.edu
On Saturday, Sept. 12, democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath will make her way to the Higgins House in Murray to host a voter registration event from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. geared toward students.
The retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel will focus on registering people to vote, how to vote in November and the importance of the election for college students specifically.
This marks McGrath’s second visit to Murray in recent months, as she visited Soup for the Soul on June 20 to discuss the pandemic, food insecurity and the continued protests for racial justice. This visit was made prior to the primary election, in which she secured the democratic nomination for senate over Charles Booker.
McGrath is a major advocate for lowering the cost of higher education. One way she hopes to tackle the issue is by creating a voluntary, paid National Service Program allowing students to earn a debt-free higher education.
Citizens and students in the Murray State community can find more on the program on the student debt page under the “on the issues” tab on McGrath’s website.
McGrath hopes to also expand the student loan forgiveness program, increase funding public universities at the federal level and increase funding for HBCUs in her efforts to make higher education more affordable.
Other policy positions of McGrath include lowering the cost of prescription drugs and helping provide affordable health care for all Kentuckians.
McGrath also hopes to strengthen the VA, put a halt to its privatization and invest in preventing veteran suicide. In order to further help veterans, she also wants to legalize medical marijuana to improve health care outcomes and help treat ailments said veterans and other citizens might have.
Hoping to strengthen the economic stability of communities across the state, McGrath also wants to create more jobs with livable wages and allow citizens to be able to do more than “just get by.”
McGrath is running against incumbent Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3. For more information on some of her political positions, people can visit her website and click the “on the issues” tab to find more information on her stances regarding COVID-19, foreign policy, national security and much more.