Mayor Rebukes Jackson Water Takeover Bill As ‘An Effort to Seize Control of A Black City’
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called renewed efforts for a state takeover of Jackson’s water system an “effort to seize control of a Black city.”
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called renewed efforts for a state takeover of Jackson’s water system an “effort to seize control of a Black city.”
Commissioner Andy Gipson writes that the state should create diverse funding streams to invest in transportation infrastructure without raising taxes.
Lawmakers are renewing efforts to create a regional utility authority to take over the Jackson water system after a similar bill failed last year.
The national AT&T outage was not the result of a cyber attack, but it does expose vulnerabilities, an expert at the University of Mississippi says.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its first report about two late January home explosions in Jackson, Miss.
Clara Barbour, 82, died in her Jackson home when it exploded on Jan. 24. Another house exploded three days later. A federal investigation is underway.
Mississippi Delta communities deserve equitable broadband access and transparency in federal grant spending, residents say.
JXN Water, the entity in control of Jackson’s water system, is challenging a state-imposed boil water notice for the cities of Jackson and Flowood after tests detected e. Coli in the water. Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin suggested Thursday that the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Public Health Laboratory may have accidentally contaminated its own samples with E. coli.
JXN Water Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin’s new proposal would lower water rates for Jackson residents who receive SNAP food assistance.
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