Politics
April 14, 2006 -
How popular is your governor? Survey USA released its periodic ranking of "net job approval" for all 50 governors on April 12. Here's how the Southerners stacked up:
April 14, 2006 -
If you live in North Carolina and put off doing your taxes, here's a last-minute tip: check the box to have $3 of your taxes go to the Public Campaign Fund. It doesn't affect your tax bill, and it goes towards a great cause: getting private-interest money out of judicial elections in N.C., and replacing it with public financing.
April 10, 2006 -
Besides the high number of new immigrants arriving in Southern states, another reason for the big protests in the region this week are a wave of bills cracking down on immigrants in state legislatures.
April 7, 2006 -
Blogging from Washington, D.C. after a strategy meeting with Good Jobs First, an excellent group tracking corporate subsidies and alternative ways of stimulating economic development.
April 4, 2006 -
Tom DeLay is resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives. Wonder if it has anything to do with this?
April 3, 2006 -
The Wilmington Star has a nice overview of Bob Hall, a long-time staffer at the Institute for Southern Studies, and his pioneering work on campaign finance reform -- which may well depose N.C.'s Democratic House Speaker Jim Black:
April 3, 2006 -
In the fight to top the latest Fortune 500 list, it's Big Oil from Irving, TX vs. Big Plastic from Bentonville, AR. Here's who wins: