Southern Politics
November 27, 2007 -
Speculation is rampant about what caused Mississippi's Trent Lott to up and announce his plans to depart the Senate by the end of the year.
November 20, 2007 -
The U.S. Supreme Court is halting executions by lethal injection until deciding whether the practice is cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the 8th Amendment. Executions in Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas are effectively on hold until a Kentucky case is decided.
October 10, 2007 -
This year, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart ranked #1 in Fortune's list of the 500 biggest corporations in the United States, bringing in $351 billion in annual revenues.
June 20, 2007 -
The full story behind the North Carolina voting fraud caper -- a crusade led by the N.C. State Auditor's office, in tandem with a DOJ probe, which fizzled yesterday -- remains hidden, mostly because the agencies involved have refused to release any information related to the investigation.
June 18, 2007 -
This weekend, the Charlotte Observer delved deeper into the story we covered last Friday, raising questions about why the N.C.
June 13, 2007 -
In a recent debate on North Carolina Public Radio, N.C. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) insisted that there are "no downsides" to her plan of expanding military bases and defense industries in the state. I disagreed, citing the Institute's recent report North Carolina at War, which documents the social, economic and other costs of being "the most military-friendly state in the nation."
June 11, 2007 -
Leadership PACs have become all the rage for Congress in recent years. And no wonder.