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TVA under growing pressure to clean up its act

By Sue Sturgis

April 16, 2009 - A federal judge denied the Tennessee Valley Authority's appeal for more time to install pollution controls on coal-fired power plants in Alabama and Tennessee.

Across Georgia, subsidized nutrition programs are slashed

By Guest Blogger

April 16, 2009 - By Emily Green, Georgia Online News Service

Mississippi advocates call on Barbour to accept stimulus aid

By Desiree Evans

April 15, 2009 -

Politics

North Carolina's crackdown on immigrants fuels Hispanic media growth

By Guest Blogger

April 15, 2009 - By Cristina Fernández Pereda, New America Media 

The movement builds for progressive tax policy

By Desiree Evans

April 15, 2009 -

University of Texas settles lawsuit over post-Ike layoffs

By Sue Sturgis

April 14, 2009 - A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed last December over the University of Texas Board of Regents' decision to lay off thousands of the school's Medical Branch employees in the aftermath of Hurr

VOICES: Georgia passes law honoring terrorists and traitors -- look away, look away

By Guest Blogger

April 14, 2009 -

TVA under growing pressure to clean up its act

Across Georgia, subsidized nutrition programs are slashed

Mississippi advocates call on Barbour to accept stimulus aid

North Carolina's crackdown on immigrants fuels Hispanic media growth

The movement builds for progressive tax policy

University of Texas settles lawsuit over post-Ike layoffs

VOICES: Georgia passes law honoring terrorists and traitors -- look away, look away

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