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Meaningful Work

House and Senate Leaders Reach Historic Tax Cut Deal

Safe Communities

Public Safety Begins With the Certainty of Justice

Safe Communities

New Report Establishes Data Baseline for Mississippi Public Safety

Safe Communities

When Crime Goes Unsolved

Kevin Parkinson: Choosing Jackson

Empower Mississippi is hiring a Vice President for Public Policy in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Real people, real problems, real solutions. Quality Education, Meaningful Work, Safe Communities.

We’re Hiring: Vice President for Public Policy

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Quality EducationMeaningful WorkSafe Communities

What I’m Looking for in Mississippi’s Next Governor

Jack & Elizabeth Coleman: Betting on the Delta

Rep. Celeste Hurst: When Helping Hurts

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

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More Than a Backpack

Dayton Duncan: The Story Behind America’s National Parks

Sen. Jeremy England: Neighbors Before Opponents

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