August 12, 2008 -
The Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record reports that Wal-Mart's federal political action committee, the retailer's political arm, has been expanding its donations to candidates seeking North Carolina state office, including $54,000 to state-level candidates during the current election
August 12, 2008 -
The shrimping industry in the Gulf Coast continues to suffer
August 12, 2008 -
The Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade group for the U.S. nuclear industry, is in the process of selecting at least two rural U.S. communities to serve as potential dump sites for highly radioactive spent fuel from the nation's nuclear power plants.
August 11, 2008 -
Today, music enthusiasts across the n
August 11, 2008 -
Environmental Defense and the Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition have agreed to drop their opposition to NRG's proposed expansion of a coal-burning power facility in East Texas in exchange for a number of environmental concessions from the New Jersey-based energy company.
August 8, 2008 -
Since 2004, the Institute has critically looked at the efforts of the Department of Justice and others to go after "voter fraud," efforts which usually end up aiming to restrict voter registration.
August 8, 2008 -
Facing South's bi-weekly listing features new books about the U.S. South and books written by Southern writers. Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press by Joseph B. Atkins, 280 pages, University Press of Mississippi (July 2008)