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April 23, 2007 - Infant mortality -- babies dying in their first year -- is considered a "bellwether" health issue by public health experts.

April 23, 2007 - With Congress and the White House deadlocked on immigration, state legislatures have filled the void with a flurry of bills, making it one of the hottest state issues in 2007.

April 20, 2007 - We've been covering a lot of environmental issues here at Facing South lately (especially Sue Sturgis, our resident environmental reporter).

April 20, 2007 - On April 9, the tied and beaten body of Santiago Rafael Cruz -- a leader of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee -- was found dead in the union's Mexico-based office in Monterrey. Few leads have turned up, but FLOC President Baldamar Velasquez is convinced Cruz's torture and murder were "a pure political attack" to intimidate workers.

April 19, 2007 - As a follow up to Chris's post today, here's more background on TVA's nuclear power program.

April 19, 2007 - After Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the industry's failure to deliver on promises of providing energy "too cheap to meter" (even with over $115 billion in federal subsidies since 1947), the future of nuclear energy had looked grim. A new reactor hasn't come on line in over 10 years.

April 19, 2007 - The Public Citizen Health Research Group has a new report out on state Medicaid programs across the U.S.