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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.
Senate Bill 2628 would create a water authority consisting of a nine-member board and a president appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor. ... Jackson MS water system faces second ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would transfer control of the state capital city's troubled water system to a regional board.
Senate Bill 2628, which would have designated a state government appointed board to take over the Jackson Water System, failed in the Mississippi House of Representative Tuesday.
Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, is already a fierce opponent of the bill, and he told lawmakers Thursday about the upcoming meeting where Henifin intends to give updates on the city’s water system.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor [1] of Jackson, Mississippi, [2] the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. He was first elected in 2017. In the primary election, Lumumba soundly [3] won the Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent ...
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (right) was critical of Ted Henifin (left), the federally appointed third-party water administrator, who voiced support of a bill that would give the state the ...
Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers seven counties: Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Yazoo. As of the 2010 census, the Jackson MSA had a population of 586,320. According to 2019 estimates, the population has ...