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March 27, 2008 - Realizing that internet access is fast-becoming a basic necessity of life, states and localities are taking the lead in initiatives to ensure broadband access to all their residents. The Progressive States Network reports that in the past few weeks, two states, Washington and West Virginia, have taken steps towards universal broadband. The news from West Virginia:

March 27, 2008 - Residents of coal mining communities have a significantly higher risk of developing serious health problems, according to a new study by West Virginia University scientists.

March 27, 2008 - This is part of an ongoing series covering the North Carolina primary elections this May.

March 26, 2008 - Yesterday New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at the Times-Picayune newspaper for reporting on a deal landed by his family's company to install countertops for a Central City Home Depot at the

March 26, 2008 - Sixteen national religious organizations filed formal comments [PDF] yesterday opposing the Bush administration's $150 billion plan to update the nation's nuclear arsenal, calling the proposed Nuclear Weapons Complex Transformation project wastef

March 26, 2008 - This is part of a series of Facing South posts covering the upcoming North Carolina primary elections.

March 26, 2008 - CORRECTION: We had an Excel problem which botched our figures on party registration. We correctly reported that 46% of new North Carolina voter registrations since January were Democrats. However, only 17% of the new registrations were Republican. The remaining 37% were Unaffiliated.