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        Last year, Georgia passed legislation requiring state voters who did not have a driver's license or other official photo ID to purchase a special photo ID. The law was later ruled unconstitutional because it basically amounted to a poll tax.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 6, 2006 -
        
  
        In the South, there are some things you just don't ask about. A woman's age, her shoe size, the recipe for a man's bar-b-cue sauce, or the location of his favorite fishing hole are examples of questions that aren't asked in polite company.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 6, 2006 -
        
  
        According to this report, the State of Louisiana has experienced an unexpected increase in state and local tax revenues:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 5, 2006 -
        
  
        Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse for Florida Senate hopeful Rep.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 5, 2006 -
        
  
        President Bush came to Fort Bragg and Fayetteville on July 4. It's becoming something of a ritual: poll numbers sagging, fierce debate about the Iraq war erupting, fly into North Carolina's most famous military town for a round of cheerleading.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 4, 2006 -
        
  
        It's that time of year again, July 4th. And once again, for your holiday reading pleasure, we would like to share two of Facing South's favorite pieces for Independence Day:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 3, 2006 -
        
  
        Books and science -- not exactly sacred items in Washington these days. Unions representing 10,000 Environmental Protection Agency scientists -- over half the agency's workforce -- sent a letter to Congress last Thursday protesting the Bush administration's proposed 80 percent cut in the agency's library budget.