Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel arrived at the O.B. Curtis treatment plant on Friday to provide technical assistance as Jackson restores pressure in its...
In their first shared press conference since both declaring states of emergency for the city’s rundown water system, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson Mayor...
Days after an emergency was declared over Jackson’s water system, Hinds County’s youth detention center located in the city is getting by with bottled...
Mississippi Today’s data and environment reporter Alex Rozier talked with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd about recent developments in the Jackson water crisis that...
One month before the city of Jackson water system began failing, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment team flagged numerous system problems in a...
The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on...
Many college students are using portable showers and toilets as Jackson’s water emergency causes little to no water pressure on campuses throughout the city,...
Voters in Ridgeland will be asked to approve or reject a temporary tax increase in the city that would be used to fund an expansion of Freedom Ridge Park. The referendum proposes a 2% tax increase on hotels and a 1% increase on restaurants within city limits in order to fund a large-scale expansion of […]
In a wide-open race to replace current Clarksdale mayor Chuck Espy, who is not seeking a third term, state Rep. Orlando Paden is now the favorite to become the city’s newest mayor after winning a Democratic primary runoff over Bubba O’Keefe Tuesday. A jam-packed field of seven candidates was dwindled to Paden and O’Keefe after […]
Voters in Ridgeland will be asked to approve or reject a temporary tax increase in the city that would be used to fund an expansion of Freedom Ridge Park. The referendum proposes a 2% tax increase on hotels and a 1% increase on restaurants within city limits in order to fund a large-scale expansion of […]
