Education

Charter School Board Leaves Students Behind

Grant Callen

For the second time in five years, no new charter schools were…

Justice

Empower joins national coalition in support of EQUAL Act

Steven Randle

Empower Mississippi has signed on to a coalition letter, joining organizations across…

Community Stories, Justice

“Somewhere along the way, I got sidetracked”

Joanna Holbert

It was growing up in the rural north Mississippi town of Booneville…

Work

Colorado’s governor wants to repeal their income tax

Brett Kittredge

Colorado’s Democratic governor has called for the elimination of the state’s income…

Empower News

The high costs of incarceration

Grant Callen

I recently joined Rebecca Painter, vice president of State Policy Network, on…

Work

Two more states lift hurdle for nurse practitioners

Brett Kittredge

As access to health care remains a concern during the pandemic, two…

Empower News

Never Forget

Russ Latino

Lt. Col. Jerry Don Dickerson was at work inside the Pentagon on…

Empower News

The Front Porch: College football, 9/11, redemption

Russ Latino

Last week, Empower Mississippi was recognized for our work on expanding parole…

Community Stories, Justice

Addiction. Incarceration. Redemption.

Brett Kittredge

Julie Crutcher was an addict for seven or eight years. She spent…

Work

Empower Testifies on Income Tax Elimination

Russ Latino

Mississippi needs a spark. Our economy has been stagnant for a decade…

Justice

Good policy changes lives

Brett Kittredge

Every year the legislature passes and the governor signs hundreds of bills….

Empower News

The Front Porch: Faith in institutions, tax reform, freedom, live music

Russ Latino

Something that has been top of mind for me for a while…