The State of Mississippi is seeking to follow a 2016 law that created a regional board to oversee the airport while the City of Jackson alleges the takeover has racist motivations.

A U.S. District Court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by the State of Mississippi in a lawsuit challenging its efforts to gain control of the Jackson airport.

The state has sought control of the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport since 2016. Yet, the airport remains under the leadership of the City of Jackson and the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority.

Lawmakers created a regional board with nine representatives appointed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Mississippi National Guard adjutant general, and the Mississippi Development Authority director as well as Madison and Rankin counties and

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