louisiana

September 9, 2005 - Reuters reports that President Bush has issued an executive order Thursday allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage:

September 8, 2005 - Today the WaPo wades into the story we've been following about Joe Allbaugh -- former director of FEMA (who got his old college roomate Michael Brown the current top job), Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign manage

September 7, 2005 - In the wake of the universally-condemned response to Katrina, the New York Times reported last Sunday that the White House was rolling out a carefully-crafted PR campaign "to move the blame for the slow response to Louisiana state officials."

September 7, 2005 - In a follow-up to our previous post about the Iraq military contractors now sniffing for disaster money in Louisiana, Josh Marshall points out that Joe Allbaugh -- who left FEMA to cash in on Iraq reconstructio

August 31, 2005 - By R. Neal We're watching the reports from the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. I am unable to process, much less describe, the magnitude of what we are seeing. Not much else seems very important today. As the personal accounts start coming in, we begin to get an idea of the terrifying ordeal those who could not or would not leave have endured.

August 30, 2005 - By R. Neal Some reports on relief efforts: (Click on the "there's more" link below for the rest of the article...)

August 17, 2005 - Survey USA has just released a new 50-state poll on President Bush's approval ratings. Not everyone is a fan of their polling techniques, but it's a useful snapshot, being one of the only polls with a state-by-state breakdown. And the results from the South are very interesting.