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Jackson residents are among those in this country who have experienced firsthand the suffering caused when water infrastructure fails.
More than 100 water main breaks recently forced tens of thousands of Jackson residents to go without running water for weeks in February and March – the third collapse of our water infrastructure since 2010.
Last May, half a billion gallons of raw sewage leaked into the Pearl River. Many in our community still rely on lead pipes that pose serious health hazards.
All of these problems require serious investments to fix. But solutions to the gaps in Jackson’s water system require more than stopgap measures; they need sustained and thoughtful investment from all levels of government, the private sector and our residents. The American Jobs Plan may just be what our city has been crying out for, and it’s time we communicate loud and clear about what we need to fix what is broken.
For the Intelligencer
Dawn breaks at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
CHARLESTON Once again, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., came in among the top 10 of members of Congress willing to work across party lines.
The nonpartisan Lugar Center founded by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University released their annual Bipartisan Index Rankings on Monday for the 116th Congress, covering 2019 and 2020.
The index looks at members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and ranks members based on their willingness to work with members of the opposite political party. Lugar Center Policy Director Dan Diller said that despite the perception that the country is more politically divided than ever, individual members of Congress still worked together on numerous issues.
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