in Mississippi's capital city — a project that the mayor has said could cost billions of dollars.
Funding for Jackson water is included in a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that passed the Senate on Thursday and the House on Friday. President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law. “As families begin to gather for the holiday season, today’s action providing emergency funding to address the fundamental need of safe drinking water for every household in Jackson should be celebrated as a promise of equitable infrastructure services for all families everywhere,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who lives in Jackson, said in a statement Friday.
Since late July, people in the city had been advised to boil water before consuming it because health officials had found cloudy water that could cause illness. That advisory remained in place until mid-September.
Democrats fail to do their job and now the federal tax payer is on the hook because federal democrats blew more money we don’t have. inflation
Mississippi has received more than $10 billion in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including $429 million that was specifically allotted to enhance the state’s water infrastructure. ...
resources are often stripped from the city of Jackson…we don’t enjoy the commensurate support that the city provides the state.”
Hmmmm I wonder if the water is racist?
Despite Mississippi voting overwhelmingly for Republicans, it was Democrats who voted overwhelmingly to pass the omnibus spending bill that will help provide $600M towards repairing the water system. Maybe Mississippi voters should vote for the party that helps & not hurts them.
how bout flint mi?
The Mississippi Republican Party hold ALL the eight statewide offices and holds a majority in the Mississippi Senate. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and 3 of the state's 4 U.S. House seats. 🧐
I mean we just sent Billions to Ukraine im sure they can find that money to help out a state in their own country 🤷
well, that'd be more than that then, what are they supposed to do, hold bake sales? why do republicans constantly try to shortchange communities of color, and how do they keep getting away with ti
Another failed red state that the American taxpayer will bailout because it’s the right thing to do. I’m sure their failed GOP hacks will be grateful and gracious—-not.
Will it get stolen also ?
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