March 30, 2007 -
Many state legislatures have Black Caucuses and Women's Caucuses. But what about a caucus dedicated to helping working people? Atlanta Progressive News reports that Georgia now has a Working Families Caucus to fill this vacuum:
March 29, 2007 -
A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 50% of advertising on television shows for children under 12 is for food. According to the report:
March 28, 2007 -
New Orleans' public housing residents will get their day in court.
March 28, 2007 -
Florida decided the 2000 presidential elections. Now, a bill that passed the state's house last week 115-1 could boost the Sunshine State's impact in 2008.
March 27, 2007 -
Alternative fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel are popular stump speech material for politicians in the rural South and Midwest. It's good for farmers who grow the crops used to make bio-fuels, and everyone agrees anything that reduces our dependence on foreign oil and also provides beneficial side-effects for the environment can't be all bad.
March 27, 2007 -
The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a bill giving housing relief to people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The measure frees up building funds for storm-affected homeowners and protects public housing damaged by the storm.
March 27, 2007 -
There's been some interesting movement of late in the Republican Party to draft former Tennessee U.S. Senator and actor Fred Thompson to run for president in 2008. Although he won't say for sure if he's running, he has not ruled it out and appears to be testing the waters (and that's an understatement).