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Safe Communities

New Report Establishes Data Baseline for Mississippi Public Safety

Report cover: The Tape Measure Problem, what Mississippians taught us about work and opportunity, August 2026, over a photograph of two construction workers in hard hats crouching to measure a building site
Meaningful Work

New Empower Mississippi Report Finds Mississippians Want to Work, but Many Remain Disconnected from Opportunity

Quality Education

WAITLIST FUNDED: Lawmakers Increase Funding for Special Needs ESA

Mississippi Legislature Passes Historic Legislation To Phase Out Mississippi’s Income Tax

Governor Proclaims ‘Mississippi School Choice Week’ as Annual Celebration of Education Expands Nationwide

Meaningful Work

New Empower Mississippi Report Highlights Growth in Labor Force Participation Rate, Outlines Recommendations for Continued Improvement

Meaningful Work

Empower Mississippi Releases New Research to Help Determine Why More Mississippians Aren’t in the Workforce

Quality Education

Mississippi Supreme Court Rules on High Profile Case

Empower Mississippi Praises Passage of New Education Funding Formula

Joanna Polk joins the team

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves Proclaims April “Second Chance Month”

Empower Mississippi Announces New Chairman of the Board

The dome of the Mississippi State Capitol at first light

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