Yesterday's League of Women Voters forum was a reminder of what democracy is supposed to look like: showing up, listening, asking hard questions, and disagreeing respectfully. Here's what I took away from the conversation.

Every election, people show up at the polls and find out their registration never followed them to their new address. Here's how to check, how to fix it before October 18, and what to do if you miss the deadline.

Coverage isn't the same thing as access. You can have a card in your wallet and still wait six weeks, drive forty minutes, and face a copay you can't cover. Here's the difference, and what closing that gap requires from Springfield.

Two things come up at the door: what's happening with ICE, and whether we're safe. Here's where I stand on both, and the thing about safety funding nobody warns you about.

We filled a room with nearly 60 friends, neighbors and supporters for our Oktoberfest fundraiser. Here's what that night meant, and why it mattered heading into the final weeks.

Youth trafficking and abuse don’t happen because no one cares or no one is paying attention. Too often, they happen in the gaps of systems that are stretched too thin exactly where kids need them to hold the tightest.

Housing or healthcare. Food or the support that holds a family together. These are the choices people in this district are making right now, and the tax structure behind them is a decision Springfield made.

She did her own FAFSA at seventeen because nobody in her family had ever filled one out. She made $10 an hour with a bachelor's degree doing the hardest work she's ever done. Here's the whole story - and why it's the reason she's running.

Women's Equality Day isn't just about celebrating the 19th Amendment - it's about remembering why the right to vote matters in the first place. Progress doesn't happen because history moves forward on its own. It happens because people decide to keep moving it forward.

I became a social worker because I believed systems could serve people better. Compassion is how we actually get things done.