Since state Representative Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, announced his campaign for lieutenant governor earlier this month, he has repeatedly emphasized his desire to focus on “real problems, not culture wars and personal agendas.”
During an interview with APR on Tuesday, Ensler explained what real problems he believes Alabama needs to confront and talked about how his time in the state legislature would affect his decisions as lieutenant governor.
“Healthcare is a huge one,” he began. “The fact that we have not expanded Medicaid and are dealing with hospital closures is literally a matter of life or death. Another is public education. You know, yes, the state has done some things that have been helpful as far as the Literacy Act, the Numeracy Act, but we really need to do even more to support our public schools and public school educators.”…