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July 24, 2006 - Global warming is back on the agenda -- thanks not only to Al Gore's successful documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," but also as people welter under punishing, record-breaking heat.

July 24, 2006 - A key piece often missing from the immigration debate -- re

July 21, 2006 - Taking a cue from the ugly national debate over immigrant, a little-noticed story is the spread of local and state ordinances aimed at immigrants. The Daytona Beach News-Journal sums up the trend in an editorial today:

July 21, 2006 - As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, it's a good time to stop and reflect: whatever happened to that "dialogue about poverty and race" that the 2005 storms were supposed to inject into the national debate?

July 20, 2006 - Real estate investors looking to cash in on foreclosures note rising foreclosure rates around the South:

July 20, 2006 - Read the amusing account here. Feel free to make up your own jokes.

July 20, 2006 - At the request of Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the Louisiana Civil Service Commission has raised the minimum wage for all state workers to $6.15 per hour, one dollar more than the federal minimum wage. The new minimum wage will go into effect in August.