Empower, Press Releases

Empower to host Unleash Mississippi with state leaders, national policy experts

Empower Mississippi

Empower Mississippi will host the second annual Unleash Mississippi to provide a…

Justice

How Good Samaritan Laws can curb overdose deaths

J. Robertson

In 2021, the United States recorded a grim record – over 100,000…

Work

Mississippi’s occupational regulation burden

Conor Norris

Mississippi requires licenses for 66 of the 102 professions that do not…

Justice

Prison work initiatives alone aren’t enough

J. Robertson

The Mississippi Department of Corrections recently promoted their efforts to offer job…

Empower

Remembering Officer Langley

Brett Kittredge

I was a senior at Ole Miss when University of Mississippi Police…

Empower

Honoring Fallen Officers

Russ Latino

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared this week ‘National Police Week,’…

Justice

A new solution to help address crime in Mississippi

J. Robertson

Recent stories of crime in Jackson have dominated local media coverage in…

Justice

DOJ releases report on state prisons: What’s next?

Brett Kittredge

A two-plus year investigation that began under the Trump administration has resulted…

Work

Job openings hit record high

Brett Kittredge

There are now twice as many job openings as there are job…

Education

Teachers Deserve Appreciation

Russ Latino

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. It’s well deserved. Mississippi’s educators play…

Empower

Mississippi mourns the loss of Wirt A. Yerger, Jr.

Grant Callen

Today Mississippi lost a giant of a man – my friend, political…

Work

Does occupational licensing protect the public?

Conor Norris

Despite the costs associated with occupational licensing, it still may be the…