Press Releases, Work

Senate adopts their own tax relief proposal

Empower Mississippi

A month after the Mississippi House advanced a plan to eliminate the…

Work

Another path to income tax repeal

Russ Latino

In the classic children’s story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the…

Work

Yes, we can afford to eliminate the income tax

Russ Latino

The number one question we receive about proposals to eliminate the income…

Work

Empower releases new video as part of income tax elimination campaign

Brett Kittredge

Empower Mississippi released a new video that is running on social media…

Community Stories, Education

“As teachers, we were teaching to the test”

Joanna Holbert

“To walk away is the most difficult decision a teacher can ever…

Community Stories, Work

Home-based business provides new career for entrepreneur

Joanna Holbert

Freedom in her career is what led Jolie Freeman to her house…

Education, Justice, Work

Mississippi legislature: Week 7 recap

Brett Kittredge

After a rush of action over the past two weeks to pass…

Education

Empower relaunches Mississippi School Finder

Empower Mississippi

This week, Empower Mississippi relaunched the Mississippi School Finder website with a…

Education

Expanding education pluralism to the other 99 percent

Matt Ladner

I noted the painfully gradual pace of charter school openings in Mississippi…

Education

Parents win again, this time in San Francisco

Brett Kittredge

A special election in San Francisco yesterday saw three members of the…

Education, Justice, Work

Legislative update: Deadlines and missed opportunities

Russ Latino

The legislature is a creature of deadlines. Last Thursday was an important…

Education

“The students of the State of Mississippi are starving for innovation”

Joanna Holbert

“The students of the State of Mississippi are starving for innovation.” That’s…