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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city that left tens of thousands ...
A Mississippi town clerk was arrested Tuesday for allegedly embezzling cash payments from the City of Bolton's water department. Mississippi town clerk arrested for allegedly embezzling funds Skip ...
A conflict over law enforcement developed in 2023, when the majority-white and Republican-controlled Legislature voted to expand the territory of the Capitol Police, a division of the state ...
A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. [1] The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.
The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi's capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer and ...
The Mississippi State Department of Health did not consistently document deficiencies in the Jackson water system or notify city officials about significant problems after the department conducted ...
The Mississippi Senate will now consider a bill to establish a water utility authority for the Jackson Water System.
Ted Henifin, appointed in November by a federal court to help improve Jackson’s troubled water system, told reporters the city is collecting about 56% of the water fees it issues. The revenue ...