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Democrat Brandon Presley joins race for Mississippi governor

Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he's running for Mississippi governor this year

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Mississippi governor bans TikTok from government devices

TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network

The Independent UK

Mississippi's top environment official denies his agency discriminated against Jackson

The city's water system has suffered disruptions for years, but Christopher Wells says that the city received every loan it requested, and that an ongoing civil rights investigation is political.

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Mississippi agency denies NAACP's water discrimination claim

A Mississippi environmental regulator has denied claims that the state agency he leads discriminated against the capital city of Jackson in allocating federal funds

The Independent UK

This state could be the last one to expand Medicaid — for a while, anyway

For years, state Sen. Phil Berger says, there was nobody in North Carolina who opposed Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act more vehemently than he did.

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Mississippi governor, state candidates file for reelection

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has filed to run for a second four-year term

The Independent UK

Mississippi capital to hire emergency water plant workers

Local officials in Mississippi’s capital city have approved an emergency plan to increase staffing at the city’s two water treatment plants

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Mississippi governor responds to probe of Jackson water woes

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has released his response to a congressional investigation of the crisis that left 150,000 people in the state’s capital city without running water for several days in late summer

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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

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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

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.

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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

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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

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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

Salon

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

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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

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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

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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 Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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

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