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May 31, 2006 - In September of last year,

May 26, 2006 - After numerous delays over the past few weeks, it appears the Tennessee House may finally be voting on the minimum wage bill.It was scheduled for a vote yesterday in both the House and the Senate, but was postponed again until today.It now appears that the House is voting on several amendments at this moment, indicating that a vote on the bill could be imminent.More details as they emerge...UPDATE: The minimum wage increase has passed in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 52 to 43. Still waiting for a Senate vote...

May 25, 2006 - Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the rash of anti-sex toy legislation sweeping the South? South Carolina is the latest to consider a ban, and legislation has already been passed in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas.

May 25, 2006 - This may be old news for some of you, but I just stumbled across this story the other day:

May 24, 2006 - The Tennessee legislature will vote today on whether to boost the minimum wage, joining several others states (including North Carolina) seeking to shore up the federal wage floor which languished nationally since 1997.

May 24, 2006 - In the wake of the immigrant rights protests that convulsed the nation -- and the South -- over the last two months, the U.S. Senate is now taking up the issue. The Center for Community Change in D.C. offers an overview of what's at stake:

May 23, 2006 - As a nod to Chris, the South's Biggest Idol Fan, there are a couple of interesting sideshows to tonight's part one of the big two-part finale when the world finds out whether Hollywood Pretty and Polished trumps Alabama Grits and Soul, or if voter turnout will exceed turnout in the last presidential election.