Attorneys for the federal government, Mississippi and the state's capital city have agreed to request to delay litigation from a complaint filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that said the city wasn’t meeting standards for providing reliable drinking water.
In a Wednesday court filing, Government attorneys asked for a six-month stay, which would be the second such order. It's part of a broader federal push to fix Jackson's water system, which nearly collapsed last summer and continues to have problems with broken pipes and leaks.
