The federal government claims that the state’s Department of Public Health has demonstrated patterns of inaction and neglect surrounding health risks of raw sewage in Lowndes County, a majority-Black county.
“This is the first time the federal government has done this, which is significant,” said Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office of Human Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services. “And this is not the last."
While inflation is costing the average American family $718 a month, President Joe Biden is taking a victory on gas prices falling by “about 50 cents a gallon,” as he posted on Twitter that this “saves the average driver about $25 a month.
Dr. Scott Harris said on Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal" that the availability of COVID vaccines and treatments is responsible for lowering the amount of deaths from the virus in the Yellowhammer State.