Jackson Water Crisis Coverage Under the Surface: 2021 Water Series Under the Surface, Part 1: Jackson Residents Struggle from Neglected Water System by Nick Judin Under The Surface, Part 2: After Jackson Freeze, the Fog of War by Nick Judin Under the Surface, Part 3: A Water Crisis Amid A Legacy In Decline by Nick Judin More Jackson Water > Most Recent Jackson Water Stories JXN Water Continues to Pursue Water Rate Increase, Despite City’s Objections by Shaunicy Muhammad December 26, 2025December 26, 2025 Jackson Officials Want Access to JXN Water Financial Records as Rate Increase Decision Delayed by Shaunicy Muhammad November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 Jackson Water Rate Increase Decision Could Come Thursday by Shaunicy Muhammad November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 Jackson Mayor Seeks State’s Help Supporting Water System by Shaunicy Muhammad October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Jackson City Council Wants Water System Back Under Local Control, 3 Years After Water Crisis by Shaunicy Muhammad October 9, 2025December 16, 2025 Opinion | Jackson City Council Rejects Water Hike. Without Local Control, It Won’t Matter. by Brooke Floyd May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 As Funds for Jackson’s Water System Dry Up, Henifin Proposes Rate Increase and Asks Congress for Help by Shaunicy Muhammad April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 Opinion | The Fight to Fix Jackson’s Water System for All Continues by Tariq Abdul-Tawwab April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Decrepit Water Pipes Put Jackson, Miss., on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn’t Act. by Nick Judin August 16, 2024August 7, 2025 Lumumba Endorses VP Harris, Thanks Biden For Jackson Infrastructure Funding by Shaunicy Muhammad July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Fast Water-Outage Fix Demonstrates Jackson’s Progress Since 2022 Crisis by Nick Judin May 13, 2024June 11, 2024 Opinion | Racist Environmental Policies Expose Predominantly Black Counties to Toxins by Jonathan Sharp April 17, 2024October 20, 2025 State Takeover of Jackson Water System Passes Senate by Michael Goldberg, Report For America March 12, 2024June 11, 2024 Renewed Jackson Water Takeover Bill Earns Henefin’s Support by Shaunicy Muhammad February 28, 2024June 11, 2024 Fact Check: Jackson Not Shutting Water Off, But 12,000 Face Outages by Nick Judin January 17, 2024June 11, 2024 Read More Jackson Water > Jackson, Mississippi has a water crisis because our state legislature has a race problem, by Donna Ladd
JXN Water Continues to Pursue Water Rate Increase, Despite City’s Objections by Shaunicy Muhammad December 26, 2025December 26, 2025
Jackson Officials Want Access to JXN Water Financial Records as Rate Increase Decision Delayed by Shaunicy Muhammad November 14, 2025November 14, 2025
Jackson Water Rate Increase Decision Could Come Thursday by Shaunicy Muhammad November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Jackson Mayor Seeks State’s Help Supporting Water System by Shaunicy Muhammad October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
Jackson City Council Wants Water System Back Under Local Control, 3 Years After Water Crisis by Shaunicy Muhammad October 9, 2025December 16, 2025
Opinion | Jackson City Council Rejects Water Hike. Without Local Control, It Won’t Matter. by Brooke Floyd May 27, 2025May 27, 2025
As Funds for Jackson’s Water System Dry Up, Henifin Proposes Rate Increase and Asks Congress for Help by Shaunicy Muhammad April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
Opinion | The Fight to Fix Jackson’s Water System for All Continues by Tariq Abdul-Tawwab April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Decrepit Water Pipes Put Jackson, Miss., on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn’t Act. by Nick Judin August 16, 2024August 7, 2025
Lumumba Endorses VP Harris, Thanks Biden For Jackson Infrastructure Funding by Shaunicy Muhammad July 24, 2024July 24, 2024
Fast Water-Outage Fix Demonstrates Jackson’s Progress Since 2022 Crisis by Nick Judin May 13, 2024June 11, 2024
Opinion | Racist Environmental Policies Expose Predominantly Black Counties to Toxins by Jonathan Sharp April 17, 2024October 20, 2025
State Takeover of Jackson Water System Passes Senate by Michael Goldberg, Report For America March 12, 2024June 11, 2024
Renewed Jackson Water Takeover Bill Earns Henefin’s Support by Shaunicy Muhammad February 28, 2024June 11, 2024
Fact Check: Jackson Not Shutting Water Off, But 12,000 Face Outages by Nick Judin January 17, 2024June 11, 2024