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2025 Mid-Session Update

As we pass “crossover”, the mid-point of the session, I wanted to share an update on the Senate’s work, the bills discussed in the two committees I sit on, an upcoming event, my legislative priorities, and a list of bills that I have I sponsored so far. The report is available as both a PDFContinue reading “2025 Mid-Session Update”

Primary Win!

We did it! The results of the Democratic Primary are in and Phil Baruth, Martine Gulick, and I will go forward to the general election in November together. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to every person who came out to support me. This wasn’t my win, it was OUR win. With anContinue reading “Primary Win!”

Let’s Talk Housing

One of the issues that I hear about the most is housing, and understandably so. As a working-class, self-employed person and one of only two renters in the Senate, I experience the lack of affordable housing myself every day and it’s frustrating to often find myself the only person like me in committee rooms andContinue reading “Let’s Talk Housing”

The Investments We Need for Public Safety

I have had the opportunity to connect with dozens of constituents, small business owners, and justice professionals about public safety in our community and what keeps inspiring me to do this work – despite all the divisiveness that paints us as on opposite sides of these issues – is that we agree on far moreContinue reading “The Investments We Need for Public Safety”

A Look at the 2024 Yield Bill

I’ve heard considerable fear and misinformation being shared about the “yield” bill that sets the sources of education funding, so I wanted to take the time to explain the bill, the veto override, the Governor’s plan, and what we’re doing going forward. Each year, school districts prepare budgets that they present to their community, theContinue reading “A Look at the 2024 Yield Bill”