MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 1 -- The Equal Justice Initiative issued the following news: * * * U.S. Justice Department Abandons Lowndes County Residents Suffering Longstanding Sewage Problems The U.S. Justice Department has terminated an agreement reached in 2023 to remedy decades of harm to residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, from the county's ongoing sanitation crisis. Nearly two years ago, the department reached an interim settlement with the Alabama Department of Public Health after an 18  more