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June 12, 2006 - On June 1, the first day of the 2006 hurricane season, the Institute's Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project issued a major report (pdf) revealing how poorly prepared t

May 21, 2006 - Over at Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, the Institute's special Katrina project, we have a thoughtful look at the race dynamics of

May 18, 2006 - By way of the People Get Ready blog ("make levees, not war"), here's an article from last week about two subsidiaries of a large New Orleans tourism company filing for bankruptcy.

May 11, 2006 - For the first time in 24 years, the American Bar Association has rated a federal judicial nominee as "unqualified". According to the article, the ABA says of Bush's nominee to the New Orleans based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals:

April 25, 2006 - Here's the federal government's take on who should get to come back to New Orleans:

April 23, 2006 - For all the hype surrounding yesterday's "ground

April 15, 2006 - How safe is New Orleans? Environmentalists say it's a toxic nightmare; officials say there's no problem.