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Claims the governor and other state officials either exacerbated a Benton Harbor water crisis failed to pass legal muster, a federal judge ruled.

McBroom said the bill closes a loophole that could allow public officials to communicate with secrecy and in a way that is hidden from records laws.

McBroom said the bill closes a loophole that could allow public officials to communicate with secrecy and in a way that is hidden from records laws.

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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Residents of Jackson, Miss., are claiming negligence by the mayor, former mayor and other local officials over the city's contaminated water supply.

The lawsuit claims that Jackson’s water quality was poor long before the recent pump failure at O.B. Curtis — caused by decades of neglect and mismanagement.

(JACKSON, Miss.) — As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city’s water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a […]

Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a "foreseeable" public health crisis, according to the filed complaint. Raine Becker, one of four named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, told...

Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a "foreseeable" public health crisis,

(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit