August 14, 2008 -
Earlier this week federal investigators raided and seized documents from the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership Corporation, the city-chartered and city-financed nonprofit that ran a home-remediation program in 2006 and 2007.
August 14, 2008 -
Murder and attempted-murder charges against seven New Orleans police officers-accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina-were tossed out by a judge who concluded that a prosecutor violated grand jury secrecy, the Times-Picayune reports
August 14, 2008 -
Fresh from his election as chair of the Southern Governors Association, Virginia Gov.
August 13, 2008 -
Rural America is increasingly dependent on military dollars to keep its economy afloat, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (pdf). Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on how you look at it.
August 13, 2008 -
A note to Facing South readers: this week, we made our 2,500th post to the blog since launching in spring 2005.
August 12, 2008 -
The Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record reports that Wal-Mart's federal political action committee, the retailer's political arm, has been expanding its donations to candidates seeking North Carolina state office, including $54,000 to state-level candidates during the current election
August 12, 2008 -
The shrimping industry in the Gulf Coast continues to suffer