Politics
November 25, 2008 -
Last week the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Mississippi's plan to expand the Port of Gulfport, which the state hopes to begin work on next month, reported the Mississippi SunHerald. Mississippi Gov.
November 24, 2008 -
The Democrats' election victories in North Carolina this year -- including president, U.S. Senate and the governorship -- have many talking about how the state "turned blue," and whether it's going to stay a battleground state.
November 23, 2008 -
2008 proved that the South is politically competitive and growing in importance. But the pundits are telling a different story. On the day before Election Day -- that final moment when candidates decide where they want to make their last case to the voters they want to win the most -- Barack Obama chose to visit three big battleground states: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
November 19, 2008 -
The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a report [pdf] on its investigation into "the unprecedented mass firings of Federal prosecutors" by the Bush Administration.
November 18, 2008 -
As we've noted, the major media's analysis about what the 2008 elections mean for the South has been predictable -- and predictably thin -- so far.