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        May 31, 2012 -
        
  
        Big industrial polluters have been investing millions in lobbying and campaign contributions while seeking to weaken North Carolina standards governing health-damaging pollution. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2012 -
        
  
        Democrats and election watchdogs say that Florida's aggressive purging of supposed non-citizens from its voter rolls is a nakedly partisan attempt to help Mitt Romney win the presidency. But the bigger problem for Gov. Rick Scott is that it likely violates federal laws. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2012 -
        
  
        As the cost of proposed nuclear projects spirals out of control, regulated utilities across the Southeast turn to ratepayers for financing -- but they face growing resistance. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2012 -
        
  
        Research by the Urban Institute finds a high rate of veterans who lack insurance in states like Louisiana that have been slow to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 30, 2012 -
        
  
        A lawsuit charges the Florida-based corporation that operates Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse, Capital Grille and other restaurants with stealing wages and firing black workers because of their race. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 29, 2012 -
        
  
        With the Supreme Court preparing to hear a sequel to its landmark decision on money in politics, states and grassroots activists are building pressure to reconsider the role of corporations in our democracy. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 29, 2012 -
        
  
        The executive director of a housing rights advocacy group serving southwest Alabama, Teresa Bettis recently spoke with Bridge the Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies about her vision for a more sustainable future for the Gulf Coast.