Hayden, to endorse President Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico, failed Tuesday in the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government. The bill failed with a tie of four yays and ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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The U.S. Department of Justice is ending a settlement agreement with the state of Alabama regarding sewage in Lowndes County. “The DOJ will no longer push ‘environmental justice’ as viewed ...

The Justice Department said Friday it would terminate a landmark civil rights settlement to rectify long-standing sanitation problems for residents in Lowndes County, Alabama, saying the Biden-era ...