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The USFDA has not approved Tianeptine for “any medical use” in the United States and, in fact, warns of “a potential for abuse.”
The City of Jackson is working to improve water availability after identifying “approximately 20 to 25 active leaks,” with crews “searching and repairing leaks,” Mayor
SHUQUALAK, Miss.—Last night, at around 10:30 p.m, when Shuqualak Fire Department Chief Leon McClendon was turning over to sleep for the night, his radio went
The U.S. House of Representatives passed SB 450 to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
Jackson’s newly established interim third-party management team will soon enjoy a massive war chest to fund their revitalization of the water system, a project previously estimated to have a total cost of $1 billion dollars.
Despite being a 38% Black state, the Mississippi Senate has just 12 Black members, who represent 23% of the 52-member body.
As ProPublica notes, Judin’s “award-winning reporting on the Jackson water crisis has developed an international following” and The Washington Post identified him “as one of Mississippi’s top political reporters” in 2022.
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“Some areas could go into the teens, maybe even the single digits. And not only that—we’re expecting very dangerous wind chills as well, enough to bring us down to negative temperatures. It’s very scary,” said MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White said on Dec. 21, 2022.
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