Shirley Hinze
DemocraticQ1 America has a growing artificial intelligence (AI) industry, supporting cutting edge innovation and reshaping businesses, but raising concerns about education, ownership, and security. Application of AI technology has increased the demand placed on data centers, controversial for their resource use (such as water and land) and raising utility costs. What are your policy positions in regards to data centers and AI? What sources of evidence informed these positions?
This is a difficult question to answer because the public who doesn’t want data centers rely on the tech they provide. Given that, these centers need to be regulated, no behind closed doors negotiations, NDAs with corporations who are buying land to build them. I’m committed to putting laws into place stop the secrecy, protect the environment they’ll be located in and the folks who’ll undoubtedly live near them.
KEYWORDS: Data Centers, environment, regulations
Q2 Making the US competitive in the bioeconomy (using technology applied to renewable biological resources to produce food, energy and industrial goods) requires innovation and investments in business, academia and government. Please describe policies you will support, if any, that relate to workforce development in Wisconsin’s strengths such as agriculture, biotechnology, and energy; and explain their rationale.
Let’s get funds back into our universities and trade schools that have lost them. And I believe there should be monies available to students going into these areas because education is expensive. We are already seeing areas that are suffering because there is no trained labor to fill positions, like science teachers. And as the climate heats up where will our resources be, to sustain society. We need people doing the science NOW. And that will take money and educating the public
KEYWORDS: Funding
Q3 Wisconsin’s public K-12 education systems have seen a significant decline in the past two decades, with more than 600 public schools closing and statewide student enrollment dropping 7%. These impacts have been especially pronounced in Wisconsin’s many rural counties, where opportunities for STEM education are already fewer. What policies, if any, would you support to improve K-12 education for students across Wisconsin?
I believe in public education and not a voucher program in a school that doesn’t have to comply with state standards. I live in a rural area, there’s few voucher schools available if a local public school should be close. Funding is a huge issue for districts they’re unable to pay teachers a living wage. Ending the voucher program will put monies back where they belong into our public schools
KEYWORDS: End vouchers.
Q5 If elected, in what capacities would you refer to scientists when you are deciding how to vote on a policy?
Foremost any area that would impact public health. And I want agencies that do that back in operation. We are seeing the results of defunding in what’s happening with our food supply. And if we don’t do more to get people educated to fill those positions, I’m already worried what the future will hold
KEYWORDS: Public health, Food supply
Q7 Wisconsin has faced an increasing number of infectious disease outbreaks in recent years, for instance with rising numbers of measles and avian influenza cases that threaten human health and agricultural industry, respectively. What policies, if any, would you support to manage the burden of infectious disease in the state and respond to future outbreaks?
I have extremely strong opinions on this subject. And I’m not afraid to speak up. We live in a free country. If people/parents don’t want to immunize they have the right to do so. However if that decision results in long term care or hospitalization that burden should fall on them. Not on our already overburdened healthcare system or workers. I advocate decisions have consequences so choose wisely. Right now health ins premiums are skyrocketing on many because of decisions made by few. And we must pay more attention to climate change, it alone will sicken millions
KEYWORDS: Health ins, Free immunization programs Climate change