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Grant Callen
Grant Callen is the CEO of Empower Mississippi, a solutions center dedicated to the mission of helping every Mississippian rise.
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Grant Callen
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October 23, 2025
If lawmakers are trying to defund public education, they aren’t very good at it
Grant Callen says the notion that Mississippi lawmakers are “defunding” public schools is pure political spin, flatly contradicted by a decade of rising budgets and record spending.
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Grant Callen
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April 7, 2025
Lt. Governor Hosemann let us down
Grant Callen writes that no independent observer could reasonably conclude that Hosemann doesn’t shoulder much of the responsibility for the death of school choice bills in Mississippi this year.
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Grant Callen
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March 31, 2024
Does every crime deserve a life sentence?
Grant Callen says House Bill 1609 embodies the essence of redemption—a principle deeply rooted in our shared humanity.
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Grant Callen
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January 22, 2023
Mississippi Charter School Law Turns Ten
National School Choice Week to be celebrated on Wednesday at the Mississippi State Capitol. This Wednesday, Empower Mississippi is back at the Capitol to celebrate National School Choice Week with nearly a thousand students, parents, and teachers from across the state. This annual event—with the unmistakable yellow scarves—has become a grand tradition to ensure lawmakers…
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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March 18, 2026
Fed projects one rate cut this year as Powell vows to stay on until DOJ investigation is finished
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 18, 2026
Lawmakers send Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act, Ibogaine clinical trials to governor
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Frank Corder
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March 18, 2026
Over 200 Gadsden Flag specialty car tags have been claimed
Business
Business
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Mississippi Ag Commissioner pushes back on California’s corporate climate reporting mandate
Business
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Salad Days Hydroponic Farm cuts ribbon on new Flora greenhouse facility
Business
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Frank Corder
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March 12, 2026
Unions ratify largest single wage increase in Ingalls Shipbuilding history
Culture
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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March 18, 2026
Mary Ann Mobley: Forever Mississippi’s hometown girl
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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March 18, 2026
True friendship
Culture
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Senate Finance Committee kills House NIL income tax exemption bill
Opinion
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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March 18, 2026
Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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March 18, 2026
White House asking Mississippi Legislature to squash bill that would raise drug costs
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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March 17, 2026
Meet Nancy, the progressive power broker holding Delbert Hosemann’s leash on education
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