The Latest Breaking News from Jackson

‘We have made this a priority’, White House says

The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction of new water treatment, wastewater and flood control systems reflecting national priorities in public health and national defense. But infrastructure requires maintenance, and, eventually, it has…

The citizens of Jackson, Mississippi, have their water delivered by the National Guard, a sign of how US public systems and services are in disarray.

The water crisis has upended life for the city of nearly 150,000 people.

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

Mississippi's capital has taken a step closer toward restoring normal water service to tens of thousands of customers

WASHINGTON — Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said.

The Country Club of Jackson operates its own self-sufficient water system with water from a nearby aquifer.

Black business owners in Mississippi’s capital say the city’s broken water system poses dire costs for their bottom lines