Georgia
March 22, 2007 -
Here at Facing South, we've been following the attempted political revival of ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA-R).
May 16, 2006 -
The Voting Rights Act extension sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee 33-1 last week and was on its way to the floor for a vote.
May 10, 2006 -
In what is being called the first state-by-state breakdown of Latino birth rates in the country, the National Center for Health Statistics has new statistics showing how dramatically the South is being changed by new immigrants. Here's how a story from the Associated Press begins:
April 18, 2006 -
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed Georgia's tough new immigration legislation into law yesterday:
April 10, 2006 -
Reports from immigrant rights protests around the South keep rolling in. These are the official estimates: 3,500 in Columbia, South Carolina ... 50,000 predicted in Atlanta ...
April 7, 2006 -
In the wake of her capitol run-in with the law, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has taken a new tack, reports ABC News:
October 31, 2005 -
As consumers ponder reports that Big Energy may be "forced" to drive up heating costs this winter, here's a story of what one utility did with the money another time they jacked up prices. From yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution: