As your state Senate candidate, I want to be clear about my position on the proposed prison in Franklin County: I am firmly against it. There are several reasons for this stance: The people of Franklin County have spoken. Residents have overwhelmingly opposed the project, and I believe elected officials must honor the will of the community most directly affected. Local leaders have consistently opposed it. In addition to the late Senator Gary Stubblefield and Senator Brian Ki

People sometimes ask me what kind of Democrat I am. Others call me a conservative Democrat, and some have even called me a Republican. The truth is, I’ve always been more of an independent and a centrist. I’ve never fit neatly into a party label — and I’m not trying to. My loyalty isn’t to a political tribe but to the people of Arkansas and to the constitutional principles that make our Republic strong. I call myself a civic nationalist — and I’ve never been ashamed to do so.

The Second Amendment is one of the cornerstones of our Constitution , yet it is often misunderstood or misrepresented. Its purpose was never about glorifying violence or creating a society defined by firearms. Instead, it ensures that citizens retain the ability to protect themselves, their communities, and their liberties from any government that might overstep its authority. A Historical Warning and Modern Relevance Before the American Revolution, the British crown attemp

In our time, the word liberalism has often been stretched, politicized, and reduced to a shorthand for partisan disagreement. Too often it is used less to explain ideas than to signal affiliation, turning a once-shared civic tradition into a source of division. This is unfortunate, because liberalism, properly understood, was never meant to be a slogan or a political weapon . It began—and remains—as a moral framework concerned with human dignity and the rightful limits of po

Recently, someone asked me point-blank where I stood on abortion. I answered honestly: I’m pro-life. That moment sparked a period of deep reflection, as I asked myself why I held this belief and whether I was ready to stand by it with full conviction. Over time, I realized that my stance is closely connected to the principles guiding my platform: true freedom and shared responsibility. Freedom is more than the ability to make choices; it is the right to live with protections

Over the past 48 hours, I have been wrestling with a simple but critical question: Where do we go from here? It is a question that weighs...