The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the state’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the state's majority-Black capital city of Jackson. The EPA's Office of External Civil Rights Compliance issued its findings this week about the investigation it started in October 2022 into the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi State Department of Health.
” The Health Department said in a statement that it is “committed to the equal opportunity for all counties, municipalities, districts and other water organizations” to have access to a loan program for water system improvements. The Associated Press on Thursday sent email to the national NAACP about the EPA's findings and a spokesperson for the civil rights organization did not immediately provide a comment.
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