Serving as your State Representative for House District 68 continues to be one of the greatest honors of my life. As I reflect on the 2026 Mississippi Legislative Session, I am proud of the progress we made on behalf of working families, educators, small business owners, and communities across our state. This session, I worked alongside colleagues to protect public education and defeat school choice legislation that would have diverted critical resources away from our publi

This is an excerpt from my presentation during the Third Annual Juneteenth All Clergy Day Gathering Luncheon at New Horizong Church International on June 19, 2026. As our nation prepares for its 250th birthday, we understand that it was not until June 19, 1865 when General Granger and the federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 2,000 enslaved African Americans that Black folks gained freedom. So this day is significant in acknowledging that Juneteenth represents

Sixty-one years after the U.S. Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut, Americans once again find themselves debating a question many believed had already been settled: Who gets to make personal decisions about family planning and reproductive healthcare? That question was at the center of a recent gathering near the Mississippi State Capitol, where I joined colleagues, advocates, and healthcare leaders in front of a 20-foot inflatable IUD called Fr

Mississippi recently passed a new voting law called the SHIELD Act—short for Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy. This bill set to become law on July 1 will no doubt create new barriers for eligible voters and increase the risk of mistakes that keep lawful voters from casting a ballot. What Does the SHIELD Act Do? The SHIELD Act changes how Mississippi verifies citizenship for voting purposes. The law requires the Secretary of State to use a federal

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is not just a legal decision—it is already reshaping what happens next in Mississippi. Governor Tate Reeves has already announced that lawmakers will return to Jackson for a special session to redraw judicial district lines in response to both this decision and prior federal court findings. What the Decision Means At its core, the Callais decision significantly weakens how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is applied. F