June 13, 2007 -
Legislatures across the South and country are wrapping up their 2007 sessions. Lots of hot-button issues were in play this, like immigration, health care, civil unions and living wages. But as the dust settles, what actually went down?
June 12, 2007 -
Last week we discussed the Florida Public Service Commission's decision to deny a permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant near the Everglades, and how Florida Power and Light now proposes a
June 11, 2007 -
Leadership PACs have become all the rage for Congress in recent years. And no wonder.
June 11, 2007 -
A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit filed in Louisiana by a group of former insurance adjusters charges that eight insurance companies defrauded the taxpayer-funded National Flood Insurance Program out of potentially billions of dollars by intentionally misattributing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina's winds to flooding.
June 8, 2007 -
Just weeks after the much-hyped "grand compromise" on immigration, Senate advocates fell five votes short of reaching cloture and moving the bi-partisan bill for
June 8, 2007 -
Yes, Southerners and South-watchers, it's that time of year again: time for the world-famous RC Cola/MoonPie Festival.