Politics
September 26, 2007 -
Testimony comes as Bush administration, Senate GOP seeks to limit housing available to poor New Orleans residents
September 14, 2007 -
Women of the Storm -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan alliance of Louisiana women whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina and/or Rita -- is working with Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier universities to encourage the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold one of their 2008 debates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
September 6, 2007 -
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that West TN businessman Mike McWherter, the son of wildly popular former TN Governor Ned Ray McWherter, is still the front runner among unannounced candidates to challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander for U.S. Senate.
August 21, 2007 -
An activist blogger has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging violation of federal campaign finance and election laws by running a "testing the waters"" operation far longer than is allowed.
August 9, 2007 -
If some slick guy with a fast car kept coming around to flirt with a teenage girl but wouldn't bother to come in and introduce himself to the family, that's what Dad would be asking before too long.
August 6, 2007 -
Facing South is just returning from a week-long fact-finding trip to New Orleans and the Mississippi coast as we prepare for the two-year anniversary of Katrina. Upon returning, we were pleased to see that North Carolina has once again taken the lead in election reform and democracy.
July 31, 2007 -
The DLC convention in Nashville this weekend featured a keynote address by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and ended with remarks from President Bill Clinton.