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Aidan Girod at her northeast Jackson home with water bills she's called JXN Water 21 times about since Oct. 15 and received only two responses. Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Shutoffs loomed in third year of receivership. Can Jackson afford its own water system?
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,12/23/25-2:24PM , 869 Reads 8,830 Statewide
Days before this past Halloween, Aidan Girod received a frightening note atop her water bill: “FINAL NOTICE.” The letter said Girod had three weeks to pay her outstanding balance before JXN Water would turn off her tap.
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Mississippi leads states in environmental budget cuts, new report says
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-1:04PM , 243 Reads 8,083 Statewide
No state has cut funding to its environmental regulatory body more over the last 15 years than Mississippi, a report released Wednesday said.
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Court again pushes back Jackson water rate decision, allows city to review finances
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/20/25-3:20PM , 201 Reads 3,747 Statewide
U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate again pushed back a decision over whether to increase rates on Jackson customers’ water bills during a status conference on Wednesday.
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Ted Henifin, the City of Jackson's water system third-party administrator, speaks about the company that will be running the city's water treatment plant operations during a press conference at Hinds Community College in Jackson, Miss., Friday, February 24, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Can’t assume we can afford it’: Wingate stops water rate increase for now after Jackson officials push back
By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,11/17/25-12:46PM , 378 Reads 5,571 Statewide
A federal court Thursday halted, for now, a rate increase the manager of Jackson’s beleaguered water and sewer systems has for months said is necessary to keep the utility afloat.
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