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Jackson’s water crisis is affecting state government, with some offices based in Jackson reporting closures, delayed or shortened schedules and reduced staffing. The Department of...

The City of Jackson and the Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition is distributing drinking water and non-potable water daily amid the ongoing water crisis. The...

The state health department declared a public drinking water supply emergency for Jackson on Tuesday, the morning after Gov. Tate Reeves announced that the...

The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, and officials cannot say when...

Pearl River flooding is exacerbating Jackson’s drinking water crisis, causing some businesses and schools to close Monday and prompting some leaders to call for...

Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday as Mississippi officials received a new projection of flooding from the Pearl River. The National...

ROLLING FORK – Patience wore thin in the South Delta Wednesday night. Several hundred business owners, farmers, families and other Mississippians filled into a high...

Mississippi has opened applications for first-year teachers to apply for loan repayment funds on a first-come, first-serve basis with priority given to those in...