Issues

Answers that show up in budgets, not speeches.

The same pressures keep coming up across the district: taxes, roads, school funding, public safety, and whether state government actually helps towns. Too often, these problems get discussed instead of fixed.

Roads and infrastructure

Reliable state funding beats one-year fixes.

What Nathan will do

  • Index Chapter 90 funding so towns can plan road work instead of falling farther behind.
  • Set funding on a schedule towns can count on instead of another round of patchwork.
  • Push for capital investment that matches the actual road miles and bridges in rural districts.

Rural school funding

Transportation and regional costs need to count.

What Nathan will do

  • Fix the formula so regional districts are not penalized for serving spread-out communities.
  • Count transportation and regional costs honestly so the gap stops showing up in local tax bills.
  • Protect per-pupil investment so small schools can keep programs families rely on.

Unfunded mandates

Beacon Hill should not order more and pay less.

What Nathan will do

  • No more state mandates without funding, staffing support, or local flexibility.
  • Oppose mandates that shift costs downhill without the money to carry them out.
  • Require real local impact reviews before new state requirements go into effect.

Fiscal accountability

People deserve to know where tax dollars go.

What Nathan will do

  • Push for honest budgets, clear trade-offs, and straight answers about spending.
  • Budgets should show the real trade-offs instead of hiding behind vague language.
  • Back transparent reporting so taxpayers can actually follow the money.

Public safety support

Rural departments cannot do more every year with less support.

What Nathan will do

  • Back police, fire, EMS, and dispatch with the staffing and equipment local departments need.
  • Support staffing, equipment, and regional help that improves response without losing local control.
  • Invest in recruitment and retention so small-town departments can fill shifts.

Housing people can afford

Rents and home prices are pushing people out of their own communities.

What Nathan will do

  • Support practical housing growth so working people, young families, and seniors can stay local.
  • The goal is attainable homes, not one-size-fits-all orders from Boston.
  • Match housing policy with water, road, and school capacity so growth is workable.

Jobs and local business

State policy should reflect permits, energy costs, and workforce pressure.

What Nathan will do

  • Make it easier for small businesses and employers to grow, hire, and stay rooted here.
  • Cut the friction that keeps local employers from hiring, investing, and staying here.
  • Invest in workforce training that connects to the jobs actually available in the district.

Constituent service

A State Representative should be accessible before there is a crisis.

What Nathan will do

  • Treat representation as day-to-day work by answering people directly and helping them get results.
  • This office should solve problems, not send people in circles.
  • Keep office hours in all four towns, not just the biggest one.

Mental health support

Families should not face long drives or endless waitlists for basic help.

What Nathan will do

  • Expand local access to mental health care, recovery support, and family services.
  • Basic help should be closer, faster, and easier to find before a crisis gets worse.
  • Support schools and first responders dealing with the front end of the crisis.

Accountable government technology

Public use should require human review and clear rules.

What Nathan will do

  • Set clear rules for AI in government so decisions, records, and benefits stay accountable to people.
  • Technology should reduce workload without weakening public records, due process, or trust.
  • Require human gatekeeping where benefits, rights, or due process are involved.

Want to talk about an issue not listed here? Reach out directly at nate@boudreauforrep.org.

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