Using cameras and artificial intelligence developed in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the freight company plans to catch issues quicker.

Supporters of the bill say they are trying to improve public safety in Jackson but critics say the bill is a paternalistic attempt to intrude on local decision-making and voting rights in the capital.

Flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in a water-treatment plant in Jackson, Miss. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.