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Businesses, schools, medical providers, contractors, towns, and many others are struggling to attract and retain working people because it’s so hard","source_url":"HTTPS://WWW.BECCABALINT.COM/issues","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Abortion","stance":"Leader, Becca led the charge to make Vermont the first state in the nation to explicitly protect reproductive freedom in its constitution. Becca is a tested reproductive rights champion who will fight","detail":"Leader, Becca led the charge to make Vermont the first state in the nation to explicitly protect reproductive freedom in its constitution. Becca is a tested reproductive rights champion who will fight to codify in federal law the right to abortion care. We need to change the system so Americans aren’t subject to tyranny by a minority. 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Businesses, schools, medical providers, contractors, towns, and many others are struggling to attract and retain working people because it’s so hard to find a place to live. Skyrocketing housing prices have created insurmountable roadblocks for families trying to buy and rent homes. 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