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State Threatens $75,000 Daily Fine Against Jackson Over Garbage Crisis

trash bags with trash strewn outside a home

The City of Jackson is now facing the possibility of up to $75,000 in fines from the State because residents have had to go without garbage pickup services since April 1, after the Jackson City Council rejected Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s proposed six-year contract with Richard’s Disposal.