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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Sunday May 07, 2023 ( 1 items )  

Earthjustice: DOJ Reaches First-Ever Settlement in Environmental Justice Probe in Alabama
WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have reached an interim settlement with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) following years of discrimination by the state agency that threatened the public health of Black residents. This settlement agreement marks the first time the DOJ has secured a resolution agreement in an environmental justice invest  more