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January 11, 2006 -
Fresh news over at Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch: award-winning reporter Sean Reilly has a good piece looking at the $29 billion Katrina relief package
January 4, 2006 -
The votes are in: Katrina and hurricanes were the media stars of 2005. Katrina and Rita made it onto almost every top-five list of the last year's "big news stories" -- which makes it all the more shocking and tragic how poorly key stories about the hurricanes were covered.
December 21, 2005 -
In case you missed it, one of the more astounding moments in last week's Congressional hearings about Hurricane Katrina was seeing a series of Republican lawmakers claim that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco was personally responsible for the 1,086 known to have died in the storm.
December 19, 2005 -
A "Big Victory" -- that's how the Sun-Herald of Southern Mississippi (Biloxi) describes today's news that the House and Senate voted at 4 a.m. this morning to approve $29 billion in spending for hurricane relief.
December 15, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal
December 13, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal A New Orleans resident and homeowner wants to renegotiate the Louisiana Purchase...
December 12, 2005 -
In case you missed it, we've recently posted some great stories over at Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, our spin-off project to investigate events in the post-hurricane South: