Mississippi Center for Public Policy

Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Mission "To advance the ideals of limited government, free markets, and strong traditional families."[1]
President Forest Thigpen
Subsidiaries Mississippi Justice Institute
Location Jackson, Mississippi
Website www.mspolicy.org

The Mississippi Center for Public Policy (MCPP) is a conservative think tank located in Jackson, Mississippi.[2][3] The organization's stated mission is "To advance the ideals of limited government, free markets, and strong traditional families by influencing public policy, informing the media, and equipping the public with information and perspective to help them understand and defend their liberty."[1]

MCPP opposes the Affordable Care Act and Common Core.[4][5] The organization advocates for education reform through increased school choice and charter schools.[6][7]

Mississippi Justice Institute

The institute has a legal arm called the Mississippi Justice Institute. In 2016, when the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's public charter schools, the Mississippi Justice Institute intervened on behalf of parents whose children attend these charter schools.[8]

The Mississippi Justice Institute has also filed suit on behalf of a taxicab driver and an Uber driver in Jackson, Mississippi, arguing that the city's restrictive regulations on the tax industry violate the civil rights of the drivers, who wish to start their own companies.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Our Mission". Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Senate Panel Blocks Bomgar from Education Board". Jackson Free Press. Associated Press. April 4, 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Boger, Paul (March 2, 2015). "Economists Debate Pros and Cons of Proposed Tax Breaks". Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Varney, Sarah (November–December 2014). "Mississippi, Burned". Politico Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Boger, Paul (March 12, 2015). "Mississippi Policy Experts Debate Common Core Task Force". Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Wolfe, Anna (December 17, 2014). "Then and Now: When 'School Choice' Creates a Divide". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ↑ McCullough, Amy (February 12, 2012). "Advocates want more flexible charter school bill". Mississippi Business Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Dreher, Arielle (August 11, 2016). "Conservative Legal Group Enters the Charter School Lawsuit Fray". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Wolfe, Anna (March 2, 2016). "Attorney suing Jackson compares taxi trade, Jim Crow". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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