Empower Mississippi was recently featured in several news outlets as the conservative voice on criminal justice improvements. In this week’s Roundup, you can read what our experts have to say about Mississippi’s public safety and justice system challenges.

Additionally, summertime brings planning for our team as we look ahead to the 2024 legislative session.  Our team is growing and with that growth comes new opportunities!

Also, Mississippi’s full expensing law gained national attention in The National Review.  Read more below.👇

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Crime may be a problem, but over incarceration is not the solution

Conservatives in the state are rightly concerned about it. FBI data showed a 66% increase in Mississippi’s homicide rate from 2017 to 2020, though other sources suggest the number of homicides in 2023, specifically in Jackson, may be on the decline.

The conversation about criminal justice in Mississippi should begin and end with public
safety, and it is clear that current policies are not adequately addressing the problem.

Editorial: Crime and punishment

Although Mississippi is spending up to $400 million a year on corrections, the costs of locking up people can involve more than money.

Empower-backed tax reform hailed as a model for the nation

In a recent (paywalled) National Review article, Michael Lucci praised the work of Mississippi lawmakers to pass a law creating full expensing for capital investments in research, experimentation, machinery, and equipment in the state. Lucci, a visiting economic fellow at the State Policy Network and the former vice president of state projects for the Tax Foundation, encouraged other states to follow Mississippi’s lead in enacting this impactful tax reform.

A Tale of two governors

Empowering Parents: State of Urgency or State of Emergency?

Depending on your state of residence, current efforts to empower parents with more education options may be considered the best of times or the worst of times.

As efforts to give parents and students more education options continue across the country, two governors have taken radically different approaches to their state’s efforts to empower parents.