Mississippi Economic Policy Center

The keynote for the 2010 Annual Policy Conference was delivered by education advocate, businessman and former Secretary of State, Dick Molpus. The speech detailed Mississippi's historic legislative struggles with combating poverty. 

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News

April 16, 2012

Tuition 'strain' impacts state (click here)

April 16, 2012

Mississippi's poor unfairly taxed, study says (click here)

April 11, 2012

Birth rate to teen moms drops in state, US (click here)

April 10, 2012

Mississippi puts burden on poorer residents (click here)

April 05, 2012

Miss. interest rate dies at deadline (click here)

April 03, 2012

Opponents Denounce ‘Greed Bill’ (click here)

April 03, 2012

Miss. bill would raise interest on small loans (click here)

April 02, 2012

Crowd lobbies at Miss. Capitol against small loan rate bill (click here)

April 02, 2012

Bill would nearly triple allowable interest on loans (click here)

March 25, 2012

Loopholes leak taxes (click here)

March 24, 2012

Big rate hike on interest coming? (click here)

March 24, 2012

Jobs of the future: 4 of top 20 growth fields in health care (click here)

March 19, 2012

Miss. task force takes aim at teen pregnancy (click here)

March 13, 2012

Mississippi Whites Not Used to Help Back Republican Aid Cutters (click here)

March 05, 2012

Universities: Restore funding (click here)

March 02, 2012

Mississippi seeks to close $30 million in tax loopholes (click here)

February 27, 2012

'Poor' understanding: Experts say bootstrap mentality falls short (click here)

February 13, 2012

Mississippi should invest more in adult education (click here)

February 09, 2012

Want Medicaid? Ditch the Vanity Plate (click here)

February 05, 2012

Teen pregnancy an epidemic (click here)

February 05, 2012

'Performance' for budgets variable (click here)

February 02, 2012

Lt. gov. reveals session priorities (click here)