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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…
News
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 13, 2026
Save Our Service Member Task Force hears the importance of mental health aid, chaplains
News
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Lawmakers take another swing at establishing a standalone Mississippi Department of Tourism
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Russ Latino
, Daniel Tyson
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January 13, 2026
Accused Beth Israel arsonist Spencer Pittman calls congregation ‘the synagogue of Satan’
Business
Business
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
Business
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Frank Corder
, Daniel Tyson
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January 8, 2026
xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center
Business
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
Culture
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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January 13, 2026
The stories that can’t be replaced: Inside Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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January 13, 2026
Blind from birth
Culture
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Robert St. John
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January 12, 2026
Mardi Gras in the Hub City
Opinion
Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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January 13, 2026
Renee Good’s death may have been legally justifiable. It’s still tragic
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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January 12, 2026
Trump White House endorses Speaker Jason White’s universal school choice plan
Opinion
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Roger Wicker
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January 9, 2026
Dictator can no longer threaten Americans
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