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Younger State Lawmakers Vow to Tackle Issues Important to Millennials

March 29, 2017

The state’s youngest legislators pledged Wednesday to work together, across party lines, to address issues affecting Hoosiers younger than 40 and to encourage millennials to run for public office.

INDIANAPOLIS — The state’s youngest legislators pledged Wednesday to work together, across party lines, to address issues affecting Hoosiers younger than 40 and to encourage millennials to run for public office.

Standing on the Statehouse steps, the 12 members of the new Indiana Future Caucus — including 36-year-old state Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Merrillville, and 47-year-old state Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago — said it’s on them to tackle the issues that matter to the state’s rising generations, including college affordability, jobs, the environment, voter participation, entrepreneurship and criminal justice reform.

“We have a generation that feels like politics has left them, and that their vote and voice do not matter,” said 34-year-old state Rep. Dan Forestal, D-Indianapolis.

“We join in a common purpose and cause to ensure the concerns of millennials are not lost when the Indiana General Assembly sets its agenda each session.”

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Younger state lawmakers vow to tackle issues important to millennials

INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s youngest legislators pledged Wednesday to work together, across party lines, to address issues affecting Hoosiers younger than 40 and to encourage millennials to run for public office. Standing on the Statehouse steps, the 12 members of the new Indiana Future Caucus – including 36-year-old state Sen.

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