Public schools in Jackson, Mississippi, were forced to go virtual on Thursday, with much of the state capital undera boil water notice since Christmas. Businesses in the city are also closing amid the water problems. Barrelhouse, a restaurant, has been serving bottled water, but it's closing...
Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, are desperately waiting for a basic human necessity: safe running water. Officials in this city, where conditions remain dire, have warned against using water in certain circumstances. Gov. Tate Reeves declared astate of emergencyMonday after a storm last week agg...
through political starvation. That’s what Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Presswroteabout Jackson’s water crisis last year. Racist power brokers, she said, tried to destroy Black Mississippi by “withholding the financial resources necessary for ...
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...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a federal complaint Tuesday, the NAACP said Mississippi officials “all but assured” a drinking water calamity in Jackson by depriving the state’s majority-Black capital city of badly needed funds to upgrade its infrastructure
MORE: Jackson, Mississippi, takes step forward in addressing water crisis I think that it is part and parcel of a process that we've seen for many decades now, generations where the state is not a willing partner. As we speak there are legislative measures going forward to attack the black...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency for Jackson’s water system Tuesday. The state will try to help resolve problems by hiring contractors to work at the O.B. Curtis water treatment plant — the facility at the root of Jackson’s water woes. The plant was operating ...
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...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that the federal government is prepared to help Mississippi respond to the water crisis. "We stand ready and we are eager to assist further as soon as we receive an official request from the state," she told reporters aboard...
"We believe we gave compelling evidence that the state of Mississippi intentionally starved the city of Jackson of the resources to maintain its water infrastructure," Johnson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "We want the EPA and this administration to put forth a course of action to preve...