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Jackson water crisis, 2022
August 16, 2024
Tens of thousands of people were left without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and '22 due to lack…
Chokwe Lumumba -- Jackson Mississippi news
June 21, 2023
Jackson, Miss., mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba may have got himself in trouble following remarks he made about the city's water…
February 13, 2023
As the most populous city in Mississippi attempts to improve its troubled water system, it has appointed a new interim…
January 25, 2023
Jackson's troubled water system could get a new set of owners under legislation advanced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers in Mississippi.
December 31, 2022
Amid frigid weather that upended infrastructure across the Deep South, pipes in Jackson broke and the city’s water distribution system…
December 24, 2022
The federal government will put $600 million toward repairing the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city — a project that the…
December 22, 2022
Jackson gets $150M for "technical assistance" and $450M for "capital projects" in bill averting government shutdown.
Jackson water crisis
December 6, 2022
At least it is currently, assures Ted Henifen, the third-party administrator of Jackson, Mississippi's water system as of Monday.
November 30, 2022
The Jackson water crisis continues, and the Justice Department has filed a new complaint against Mississippi's capital city.
November 6, 2022
Mississippi on Friday approved the city of Jackson’s ask for $35.6 million in federal funds to help fix its crumbling…
October 26, 2022
Federal investigations into public spending on the failing water system in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city are a test of President Joe Biden's…
October 21, 2022
The NAACP wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make sure that from now on, federal funds are distributed equitably.
October 7, 2022
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Robert F. Smith calls on corporate leaders to adopt his 2% Solution plan to help combat structural…
September 26, 2022
The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi's capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson…
September 4, 2022
Black business owners say the flow of consumer dollars from Jackson and its crumbling infrastructure to the city’s outskirts hurts…