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Education
Graduated from Purdue University with Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and supervision.
Campaign Email
gsusan562@msn.com
Occupation/Current Position
Semi Retired
Campaign Phone
574-370-8071
Looking at my platform and what is top priority, I would support a Bill that focuses on student mental health and the their families. Inclusive to all students no matter the parents income. It would also show support for the school system and work to have the financial support needed. I would add accountability to the Indiana code 20-34-6-1, that already exists, requiring schools to report bullying. Also, work to repair the damage that is being created through SB 1, reducing funding for EMS, fire departments, and how it is going to cut the financial support for the schools.
I would champion those issues because Elkhart County youth suicide is higher than the State and National Average. And 1 in 5 High School students consider suicide. Unfortunately, in Indiana, suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people.
Over the last Legislative session, there has been so much damage created through SB 1. Long-term growth is investing in people and communities, supporting small businesses and agriculture. We have to invest in housing, and child care. Work to keep the public schools strong and healthy through community support and state funding.
I don't believe what Indiana did with SB 1 was an honest solution. Our own State Representatives couldn't explain it. I think they can strike a balance through conversations with the community by brining in the people that know what would truly work. For example, local officials, school leaders, public safety, and taxpayers with a transparent Legislature body. I understand by including all of the knowledgeable people possible to come up with policies that work is the best solution.
Honestly, I'm not sure. I would love to have the money allotted to the public schools stay at the public schools. And not travel to Charter schools that have less accountability and can choose who attends unlike the public school that is required to accommodate all students. Again, I would talk with the professionals about what they think is the best way to fund K-12. I would involve teachers, parents(from every financial structure), community businesses and the State Representatives that would be responsible for carrying their message to the State House. I would love to bring folks in to speak in front of the Lawmakers about how the Bill SB 1 has affected them and what they see as the solution. It's a very big, complicated mess the current Lawmakers have created.
I think it is another way for Indiana to control the school system. I need to investigate it more to have a better informed answer.
Protect rights, but focus on responsible ownership and community safety.
Insurance is a large problem that can contribute to moms not seeking help because lack of coverage or concern for cost of care and keeps them from initiating adequate prenatal care. Lack of knowledge of resources and care also contribute. Education and health coverage is a must for families.
There is an app that women can download, count the kicks, in their third trimester that helps them to become
familiar with the normal fetal movement of their baby. It allows them to identify any decrease in the normal
movement therefore preventing a potential still birth. Mothers who give birth to still born babies are more likely to loose their life.
Education
MFA in Theatre; GCFP Feldenkrais Practitioner; multiple professional certifications
Campaign Email
info@MichelleMilneIN49.com
Occupation/Current Position
Educator, Director, Actor, Facilitator, Coach
Campaign Phone
574-501-3366
First, triage: Undo damage from SB 1 (2025) that has caused anxiety and instability across our communities. We need to help local governments replace lost funding for roads, schools, libraries, firefighters, police, water treatment, parks, community swimming pools, and creative initiatives that have been making lives better at the local level. Remove the tax caps and rebalance the tax load so corporations (incl. utility companies) pay their fair share.
Reinvest in public schools, where over 90% of students attend. Support, trust, and retain excellent teachers. Fund accessible healthcare for ALL (incl. Medicaid & Medicare), and stop micromanaging and legislating decisions between patients and their doctors. Reduce paperwork / red tape for struggling individuals and services, and incentivize contributing to the common good.
Invest in our values:
Stability: Create conditions that allow orgs and people to plan ahead. Support affordable housing, tenant rights, unions, healthcare, and disability rights, so people can invest in their communities, rather than just fight for survival. Support farmers with immigrant visa admin and worker housing to retain a reliable workforce.
Accountability: Require transparency from large corporations before giving them our land, water, and energy. Require commitments to clean up damage they cause to our land and water, now or in the future.
Innovation: Cultivate a diverse economic ecosystem, rather than focusing on monolithic corporations. Stop pitting local govts against each other, slowing growth. Instead, encourage collaboration and shared resources. Bring together diverse sectors to collaboratively improve civic life.
No. Tax "reform" has removed stability. Moving from reliance on property taxes to more reliance on income taxes has made planning ahead challenging for everyone.
The reforms have also gone against our values of accountability and compassion. The utra-wealthy are being subsidized (with little accountability) at the expense of the rest of us who are struggling to pay our bills.
Municipalities are struggling to fund services we all count on, including police, fire fighters, and road repair. Schools have lost key funding. Housing prices have gone up, so the property tax cuts have been net-minimal.
There is no balance – there is less relief and fewer local services, while corporations have been given a free ride with no accountability for the next 25-30 years. This is immoral, bad for true growth, and needs to change.
Prioritize public school funding first, where over 90% of Indiana’s students attend. We need to reinvest in Title 1 funding and the complexity index to support the students and schools that need it most.
Vouchers should be highly limited. With recent legislation allowing anyone, regardless of wealth, to apply for state-funded vouchers, the majority of families lose while the wealthy get another perk. Our tax dollars are going to schools with less accountability and less accessibility. And vouchers don't even cover full tuition; families still need to pay out of pocket.
We need to fully invest in public schools as envisioned and outlined in the State Constitution in order to retain the best teachers and give every child access to quality education. True school choice would be supporting public options that are truly accessible to all.
The new diploma requirements provide flexibility for students to find a path that works best for them – as long as they are able to organically find their way toward that choice. The new options provide opportunities to engage different learning styles and interests, and meet students where they are. These options also have teacher union support, and as the experts on the ground, I take their opinions seriously.
Common sense safety requirements, including background checks and training requirements. Require lost/stolen gun reporting and implement secure storage and child access prevention requirements for everyone's safety.
Violent criminals should not continue to own guns. These individuals are most likely to commit domestic and mass gun violence. Drive down gun deaths by tightening ownership regulations for anyone convicted especially of domestic violence. Lower deaths by suicide by removing access for someone deemed a danger to themselves due to mental health.
Prohibit bump stocks, ghost guns, high capacity magazines and assault weapons -- these measures can save lives, and don't infringe on second amendment rights.
Local control -- towns/cities should be able to regulate guns in their communities based on their specific situations.
Maintain expanded medicaid, and better insurance for everyone. Make sure everyone has access to a primary care doctor, regardless of pregnancy status. The early months of a pregnancy are critical, and healthier communities lead to healthier parents and infants.
Mental health support. Postpartum depression and anxiety is real; educating parents about what they might expect and supporting them after the birth can make a huge difference.
Paid family leave. Give parents time to focus on the health of the child, and their own health.
Healthcare decisions should be between doctors and patients, not legislators. Indiana's near-total abortion ban is impacting doctors' ability to provide adequate care. Fund research in this area.
Support healthcare workers so they have a lower patient to caregiver ratio, and can give better care to each person.
