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Andrew Gillum speaks to students about planned gubernatorial plea By Jesse Stokes N E W S
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Tallahassee mayor and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) met with students on campus and discussed issues including student loans, college affordability and fouryear degree alternatives on Wednesday. “First and foremost the loan business, largely in the private sector, will require congress to engage and start to crack down on some of the predatory lending practices that exist,” Gillum said. He also said while his campaign has not yet introduced its plan for college affordability, they do have one in the works. “We have not completely rolled out our plan on this, but one of the ideas that you are going to be hearing from us is going to be our commitment to students who are willing to go in critical need hiring areas in the state and make college free for them,” Gillum said.
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Gillum said these critical-need hiring areas include teachers, nurses and forestry, as all are currently experiencing shortages of new hires. “For those high need areas where we should be growing the kind of talent and potential that we need in Florida, we are going to make it accessible and affordable and free for those who are willing to go into those critical need areas,” Gillum said. Gillum also said businesses should support employees morally and financially in achieving their higher education goals. He said this will help stimulate the state’s job market. “While we have a governor that calls himself the jobs governor, almost fortysix percent of the folks in this state say that they do not make enough at their job to make ends
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