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Mississippi governor extends Jackson water emergency order

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has extended the state of emergency over the water crisis in the capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

Water investigations said to test Biden racial equity pledge

A congressional ally says President Joe Biden's commitment to racial equity is being tested by federal investigations into public spending on a failing Mississippi water system

The Independent UK

Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi

Mississippi expects 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling denying abortion rights

The Independent UK

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The EPA starts a civil rights probe into Mississippi's water woes

The agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.

WEKU

EPA starts civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system

The Independent UK

Director: Mississippi does not track welfare program results

Mississippi’s scandal-plagued welfare program turns away most applicants for cash assistance

The Independent UK

US Congress investigating Mississippi capital’s water crisis

House committees launch joint probe of recent crisis that left 150,000 Jackson residents without water for several days.

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Congress probes Jackson water crisis as city and state spar

Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi’s capital city without running water for several days in late summer

The Independent UK

Republicans oppose social spending – will it cost them in the midterms?

Economy in focus: In Mississippi, poverty is high and water problems blight the state. But Republicans seem adamantly against spending to help their constituents

The Guardian - US

Shock doctrine for Jackson's water

Mississippi's ill-advised governor wants to turn over the city's water system to a for-profit corporation

Salon

Water crisis tests Mississippi mayor who started as activist

The Democratic mayor of Mississippi's capital is facing a leadership test as the city struggles to consistently produce clean drinking water

The Independent UK

NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue

The NAACP on Tuesday accused Mississippi of discriminating against Black residents by denying badly needed federal funds for drinking water infrastructure in Jackson and instead diverting money to largely-white communities that needed it less

The Independent UK

Jackson's water system at the mercy of spending rhetoric

Years before he became Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves served as the state's treasurer and had a hand in delaying funds for water system repairs in the capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

California governor’s ad campaign offers help to women in anti-abortion states

Billboards will be displayed in states including Texas, Mississippi and Ohio but have some questioning Gavin Newsom’s ambitions

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Racism seen as root of water crisis in Mississippi capital

A boil-water advisory has been lifted for Mississippi's capital, and the state will stop handing out free bottled water on Saturday

WEKU

A boil-water notice has been lifted in Jackson, Miss., after nearly 7 weeks

But a state health department official said concerns remain about copper and lead levels in the city water. The official said people should continue to avoid using it to prepare baby formula.

The Independent UK

Weeks-long boil water notice lifted in Mississippi capital

A boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi’s capital city after nearly seven weeks

The Guardian - US

Running water returns in Mississippi capital – but it’s still undrinkable

A boil water notice remains in majority-Black city and a long-term solution remains elusive

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: If Mississippi is a 'laboratory of democracy,' we're in trouble

The notion of states as "laboratories of democracy" is generally credited to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

The Guardian - US

Jackson mayor: residents face ‘longer road ahead’ before safe water is restored

Precariousness of water system remains before services are fully restored after infrastructure failure, Chokwe Antar Lumumba says

The Independent UK

Mississippi Walmart evacuated after pilot threatens to ‘intentionally crash’ into it

The pilot later landed safely, injuring no one, and was taken into police custody.

WEKU

Avoiding the tap water in Jackson, Miss., has been a way of life for decades

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

The Independent UK

Pilot seeking to crash plane into a Mississippi Walmart lands safely, in custody

Governor Tate Reeves said in a statement that he “thankful the situation has been resolved and that no one was injured.”

Irish Mirror

Pilot threatens to crash plane into ground while circling area for four hours

State governor Tate Reeves announced on Twitter that the "situation has been resolved and that no-one was injured".

Al Jazeera

Mississippi capital’s water woes persist as aid trickles in

Jackson residents are lining up at distribution points to get bottled water after flooding spurred crisis this week.

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