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Jackson water bill discounts held up over privacy concerns
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sat,03/23/24-1:41PM , 492 Reads 5,976 Statewide
A focus of JXN Water’s new water bill rate structure, which went into effect on Feb. 1, was to reduce costs for low-income customers. But government concerns over violating Jacksonians’ privacy are holding up those discounts.
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The feud between Jackson City Council members and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba centers around the validity of the Mayor warding Richard's Disposal, Inc., a trash pick-up contract for Jackson after the Council voted against Richard's Disposal. Garbage pick-up by Richard's was underway in the Bel-Air neighborhood, Monday, Apr. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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After years-long internal feud, Jackson picks a long-term garbage vendor
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/20/24-1:01PM , 481 Reads 4,854 Statewide
Since the fall of 2021, the city of Jackson’s garbage pickup has gotten by with piecemeal measures due to a lack of consensus among City Council members in selecting a vendor. The chaos peaked last spring, when resident’s garbage went uncollected for two weeks as city officials continued to quibble over picking a contractor.
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Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility. Tuesday, July 19, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Senate passes bill removing Jackson’s future control of its water system
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,03/19/24-3:35PM , 458 Reads 5,112 Statewide
The state Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 2628 Tuesday afternoon, moving forward an effort to remove the city of Jackson’s long-term control of its water and sewer systems.
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Gurgling in the center of one of Kosciusko's lagoons where according to the city's Wastewater Department Superintendent Howard Sharkey, local dairy plant Prairie Farms dumps waste by-products from the facility, Friday, March 4, 2024. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Curdled creek: Kosciusko residents sour over town’s milky lagoon
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/13/24-5:01PM , 544 Reads 7,175 Statewide
About once a year, usually as the late Mississippi winter hits, a peculiar odor wafts into the homes of residents on the east side of Kosciusko.
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