And slaves. So in another time the Black Belt planters prospered and became powerful in Alabama politics. In 1901 – when people in Lowndes County numbered almost 36,000 – those planters pushed ...

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 through a ...

The Alabama Department of Public Health says it will not resume issuing fines and citations to Lowndes County residents for inadequate sanitation. However, residents of the rural county are still ...

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 ...

FILE - Fetid water pools outside a mobile home in a small mobile home park in rural Hayneville, Ala., Lowndes County, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) ...