Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, continue to be hit with boil water notices, water shortages andother water infrastructure problemsthat have lingered for decades. Over the last two years, Jackson residents have been hit with more problems that left them without clean water for weeks at a time...
Jackson, Mississippi, has struggled for years with erratic water supply, and city government has been sued on multiple occasions for making decisions that have led to lead poisoning of residents.
Winter storms that passed through the South last month caused long-term damage in several states, withmillions in Texaswithout power and water for days. While the focus was on the Lone Star State, Jackson, Mississippi continues to suffer from storm-related issues as well. In anticipation of a...
MORE: Water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, 'very dire' for local businesses As city and state officials facilitate plant repairs and establish state-run water distribution sites throughout the city, making "significant gains", local organizations such as Operation Good continue to work tirelessly i...
NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who lives in Jackson with his family, called the EPA investigation a step in the right direction after years of the state withholding federal funds needed to avert the city's water system. "We believe we gave compelling evidence that the state of Mississippi int...
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, has recently made national and international headlines as a major environmental catastrophe, impacting the public health and wellbeing of residents. Here we focus on Jackson’s most prevalent and vulnerable population, its children, by assessing how boil water...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system , the U.S.
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