Archive for May 2023
A Tale of Two Governors
Empowering Parents: State of Urgency or State of Emergency? Is it the best of times, or the worst of times? Depending on your state of residence, current efforts to empower parents with more education options may be considered the best of times or the worst of times. As efforts to give parents and students more…
Read MoreEmpower-backed Tax Reform Hailed as Model for the Nation
A tax reform championed by Empower Mississippi and signed into law in March will help address the state’s economic needs, writes Michael Lucci. Other states should take note. In a recent National Review article, Michael Lucci praised the work of Mississippi lawmakers to pass a law creating full expensing for capital investments in research, experimentation,…
Read MoreOverincarceration is (also) a Problem
Mississippi has a crime problem. Conservatives in the state are concerned about it, and rightly so. Last week 7 people were shot in an Ocean Springs restaurant, and 6 others were shot in Bay St. Louis on April 30th. Three people were killed in those incidents. Just yesterday a man was shot and killed in…
Read MorePerjury
There are some moments that truly make you question your sanity, like this past week when Randi Weingarten, President of American Federation for Teachers, the nation’s largest teacher union, testified before Congress that she had worked fervently during the Pandemic to get schools to reopen: “We spent every day from February on trying to get…
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