By Michael Phillis | The Associated Press - The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk, but the investigation ended before it secured commitments from the state to strengthen its oversight.
Experts say when Louisiana challenged the investigation in court, federal officials may have worried that a loss would threaten their civil rights enforcement power.
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