Politics

September 17, 2008 - Today, Mississippi's state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether state election officials acted improperly by putting the hotly-contested race to replace Sen. Trent Lott (R) at the bottom of the ballot.

September 16, 2008 - Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas yesterday ordered city employees not to talk to reporters, the Galveston County Daily News reports.

September 15, 2008 - The Galveston area of Texas that took a direct hit from Hurricane Ike is home to a top-level biodefense laboratory that studies highly contagious and deadly diseases including bird flu, but lab officials are assuring the public that the pathogens were secured before the storm made landfall.

September 12, 2008 - Florida has found the 3,500 missing ballots. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

September 12, 2008 - The 2008 elections are about more than the White House and Congress. With 13 states nationally facing new critical budget shortfalls -- including four in the South -- the battle for state legislatures will be intense this November.

September 11, 2008 - Tomorrow, the 2008 Values Voter Summit will kick off in Washington, D.C., attracting Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, Governors Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, Senators Sam Brownback and Rick Santorum and other luminaries of the conservative

September 11, 2008 - Yes, Florida is missing ballots again. And also once again, it's happening in Palm Beach County, Florida's third-biggest county and a decisive hot-spot in the 2000 elections.