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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan discusses elements of a coordinated response of federal, state and city agencies, that he hopes will help deal with the city's long-standing water problems, during a Wednesday news briefing, Sept. 7, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Regan returned to Jackson on Sept. 26, 2022, to meet with officials about developing a plan to fix the city’s troubled water system. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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EPA preparing plan to help fix Jackson's water system
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,09/26/22-2:06PM , 543 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi's capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson can sustain its water system in the future, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said Monday.
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Mississippi man gets hate crime charge in cross burning
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,09/23/22-4:34PM , 542 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man has been charged with a federal hate crime for burning a cross in his front yard to threaten his Black neighbors, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
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Syreeta Tatum, right, speaks about the disappointment her children expressed at having to again undertake virtual learning classes due to the city's water issues that forced Jackson Public Schools to close for several days, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Tatum says her eldest son, Warren Tatum III, 10, left, looked forward to returning back to the structure of his classes at Spann Elementary School and working with his teachers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Students return to campus amid water crisis in Jackson
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,09/06/22-12:25PM , 401 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.
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Maati Jone Primm looks down at her notes in her store Marshall's Music and Bookstore in Farish Street Historic District, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. She said white flight is at the root of Jackson's water woes. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

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Mississippi capital's Black business owners decry water woes
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Sun,09/04/22-8:08AM , 1,383 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When John Tierre launched his restaurant in Jackson’s neglected Farish Street Historic District, he was drawn by the neighborhood’s past as an economically independent cultural hub for Black Mississippians, and the prospect of helping usher in an era of renewed prosperity.
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