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Mississippi’s Momentum: Building on a Decade of Progress in 2025

by Wil Ervin

The holiday season is a time to meditate on our many blessings….

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Mississippi Leaders Unite for Bold Progress at the 2024 Empower Solutions Summit

by Empower Mississippi

With one of our most power-packed lineups of speakers ever and an…

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Grant Callen and Kayla Hulett Testify on Expungement and Rights Restoration

by Empower Mississippi

On Thursday, October 24, 2024, Grant Callen, Founder & CEO of Empower…

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Kayla Hulett: Finding Freedom After Addiction

by Joanna Holbert

“Looking back, it feels like a dream. All the statistics were against…

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Tyler Wilson’s Battle For Hope

by Joanna Holbert

Tyler Wilson of Iuka has spent most of his 29 years on…

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Is America Exceptional?

by Grant Callen

Originally published in the Laurel-Leader Call on July 2, 2021 Tomorrow is…

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Prosecutorial Overreach: Not Just a Trump Problem

by Nick Bain

This piece was contributed by a guest columnist and therefore only represents…

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New Law Expands Prison Work Release Programs

by Wil Ervin

Legislation passed this year will expand opportunities for offenders to work while…

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The Founding of Empower Mississippi

by Grant Callen

This week we officially kicked off our celebration of Empower’s tenth anniversary,…

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Does Every Crime Deserve a Life Sentence?

by Grant Callen

Mississippi has a poverty problem. We are the poorest state in the…

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Empower releases 2023 impact report

by Empower Mississippi

2023 was a year to build for Empower Mississippi. We invested in…

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Do you know the most common topic addressed in the Bill of Rights?

by Forest Thigpen

Do you know the most common topic addressed in the Bill of…