News Briefs: Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Requests Emergency Funding Amid Water Crisis

Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba wrote a letter to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves in early March to request around $47 million in emergency funding for the state to deal with its ongoing water crisis related to the recent winter storms. Lumumba asks for state and federal funding for a number of infrastructure projects in the letter, titled “An Urgent Request for Assistance.”“As you are aware, the extreme weather conditions that occurred severely compromised our ability to produce and distribute water at our (water treatment plants), depriving residents and businesses of water,” Lumumba writes, according to the Clarion Ledger.Florida Bill Promotes