June 20, 2006 -
Congressional Democrats are refusing to give up on the fight to increase the federal minimum wage, the Wall Street Journal (sub only) reports today:
June 19, 2006 -
South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (R) has signed into a law a bill that allows students to receive credit for bible school. As The State reports,
June 19, 2006 -
The Institute was out in force at the Southeast Social Forum held here in Durham, NC this weekend. The gathering is a run-up to the U.S.
June 16, 2006 -
Two radio stations (both in California) covered the Institute's Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project this week:
June 16, 2006 -
I've got nothing new for today. Instead, check this out. And this.
June 16, 2006 -
North Carolina has one of the lowest rates of workers in unions in the country. Every year, the Old North state battles with its Carolina cousin to the South for the state with the lowest union density. In 2005, 3.9% of NC's workers were in a union.
June 15, 2006 -
This week, some 12,000 members of the Southern Baptist Convention -- the ground troops of conservative fundamentalism in America -- gathered in Greensboro, N.C. to pick a new leader, debate theology, and set their direction for the coming years.