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December 6, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal According to this AP report, FEMA officials on the ground in Mississippi warned headquarters that the "system appears broken":
December 1, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal Governors around the U.S. are scrambling to avoid the dubious distinction of having their state host the 1000th execution since the Supreme Court lifted the death penalty ban in 1976.
November 30, 2005 -
Cross-posted from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
November 29, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal Item: New Orleans opened its first public school post-Katrina. The article outlines some of the successes and the challenges that lie ahead for the public schools there.
November 15, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal The family of Louisiana lawmaker Rep. Gary Smith got $108 million in no-bid contracts to sell FEMA trailers. The lawmaker's family defended the deal:
November 15, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal You go out of town for a few days and all kinds of weird things happen...
November 8, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal