The Department of Justice announced April 11 that it will immediately end an investigation into Alabama and Lowndes County public health departments' discrimination against Black residents in policies ...

Stephen Moeller, of RioVation, demonstrates how his company’s equipment uses microorganisms to treat waste on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Tyler, Alabama. Moeller’s company is working with the Black ...

The Trump administration has rescinded a historic settlement designed to improve wastewater treatment services for residents in majority-Black communities in Lowndes County, Alabama, where inadequate ...

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said an environmental justice probe found Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect regarding the risks of raw sewage for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it is ending a settlement agreement regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama county where most residents are Black, ...

For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around Annye Burke’s home. When the septic tank breaks down, raw sewage backs up into her toilet, ...