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A federal judge has called for an emergency hearing regarding a proposed water-rate increase for Jackson residents.

JXN Water's manager, Ted Henifin, plans to raise the average residential bill by about 12% to address the utility's financial deficit.

The judge previously stated that all other funding alternatives should be exhausted before increasing rates for the public.

Both the city's mayor and council members have opposed the rate hike, which would be the second in less than two years.

A federal judge called for an emergency hearing after JXN Water's Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin released a report indicating the utility's plans to move forward with a water-rate increase.

Henifin, on numerous of occasions, has voiced the need to increase the water

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