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Opinion  |  Grant Callen  • 
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…
Opinion  |  Joy Hogge  • 
January 20, 2023

Accountability, real-world outcomes needed in Mississippi mental health system

At issue is whether the state’s mental health system helps people with mental illness. In 2016, seven years after issuing a letter of findings about Mississippi’s mental health system, the United States sued Mississippi, alleging the state’s mental health system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unlawfully segregating people with mental illness in institutions. …