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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
September 8, 2022

Governor Reeves, Mayor Lumumba, EPA Administrator discuss Jackson water crisis

Officials met with members of Mississippi’s federal delegation earlier in the day.  On Wednesday afternoon, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, Mayor of Jackson Chokwe Lumumba, and EPA Administrator Michael Regan held a press conference to discuss the Jackson water crisis. Earlier in the day, the three met with U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, and…
Culture  |  Guest Editorial  • 
September 7, 2022

SALTER: Decades in the making, Jackson’s infrastructure woes won’t be quickly or easily solved

By: Sid Salter Like seemingly every other facet of American society these days, when it comes to both the national media and the state’s press, the assignment of blame for the City of Jackson’s water and sewer system woes falls into two distinct camps. The first camp blames those woes almost entirely on what they…