City Withdraws Request to Confirm Water Authority Board Members

City withdraws request to confirm Water Authority board members

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Jackson city leaders are holding off on voting on the mayor’s nominees for the Metro Jackson Water Authority board. On Tuesday, City Council President Brian Grizzell said the city was pulling the items from its agenda. The move comes just days after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate granted the city’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking the Metro Jackson Water Authority Act from going into effect. [READ: Judge t…

Council holds off vote on Jackson mayor nominees to water authority board

The Jackson City Council held off on voting on Mayor John Horhn’s appointments to a water authority board that would oversee the city’s water system.

After federal judge blocks metro water authority, Governor doesn’t make appointments

“The people of Jackson and the ratepayers of the system deserve better than having to ever go through that mess again,” Governor Reeves said of the Jackson water situation.

Federal judge temporarily blocks new Metro Jackson Water Authority - Mississippi Monitor

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune   U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate smiles on Aug. 19, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Wingate ruled Thursday, June 1, 2023, that the Mississippi chief justice cannot be a defendant in a lawsuit that challenges a state law dealing with appointed judges. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)   A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary injunction preventing a new state law from placing the Jackson water and sewer syste…