June 13, 2007 -
In a recent debate on North Carolina Public Radio, N.C. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) insisted that there are "no downsides" to her plan of expanding military bases and defense industries in the state. I disagreed, citing the Institute's recent report North Carolina at War, which documents the social, economic and other costs of being "the most military-friendly state in the nation."
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
