WED 3/17 | The Southern Environmental Law Center has released a video about plans to mine uranium in the Roanoke River basin of Southside Virginia near the North Carolina border. More...

TUES 3/16 | A clean-energy advocacy group is organizing a campaign to shut down all coal plants in the state within 15 years -- something its new analysis finds to be a realistic goal. More...

The new state jobs numbers are out -- and they show the South is still feeling the brunt of the recession, a fact that has big political implications. More...

North Carolina's largest public school system plans to scrap its diversity policy and return to neighborhood schools, which education experts warn will concentrate poor and minority children in urban classrooms. We look at what's happening there and the broader trend of school re-segregation by the numbers. More...

Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky ended his filibuster of a bill including a 30-day extension of jobless benefits, But 19 Senators still voted against the measure -- many of them Southern lawmakers from states reeling from high unemployment. More...

The Raleigh News & Observer takes pride in its power to break stories and shape public opinion. But in the wake of recent campaign scandals, are they using that power responsibly? More...

Anthem Blue Cross of California's widely-criticized plan to hike health insurance rates 39% wasn't an isolated incident: Insurers in Georgia, North Carolina and other states are jacking up premiums up to 50 and 70 percent. Will public outrage give Obama the boost he's been looking for to pass reform? More...

Southern whites have been the Achilles heel for Obama's national approval ratings for months. But does that hold true in a moderate, blue-trending state like North Carolina? Facing South crunches the numbers. More...

A groundbreaking state process created to investigate prisoners' claims of innocence has ruled that Gregory Taylor did not commit the murder for which he was convicted, joining a growing list of people nationally freed after wrongful convictions. More...

North Carolina successfully sued the Tennessee Valley Authority to force cuts in air pollution from some of its coal-fired power plants. But TVA is appealing -- and Alabama is on its side. More...

Texas, Georgia and North Carolina each lost hundreds of millions of federal funds due to under-counts in the 2000 Census. As the 2010 Census gets underway, Southern states are again at risk of losing money and political clout. More...

The project is the latest threat to sacred Indian sites in the Southeast. More...

Given that environmental advocates have already documented groundwater contamination from all of the ponds, some are asking whether the move is too little, too late. More...

The Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. was a birthplace of the sit-in movement that helped topple Jim Crow segregation. Today, on the 50th anniversary of the first sit-in there, it opens as a civil rights museum. More...

Republicans are launching a new strategy to capture state legislatures in 2010, putting them in position to shape the redrawing of political districts in 2011 and beyond. North Carolina, a fast growing state that's been trending blue, might be at the top of their list. More...

A celebration of the life of the noted union organizer is set for Saturday, Jan. 9 in Greensboro, N.C. The event will also be streamed live over the Internet. More...

A new proposal to toughen standards on ground-level ozone set by the Bush administration is being embraced by clean air advocates -- but not by big polluters or the state of Texas, which says it might sue the agency over the change. More...

New Census projections show that Southern states will definitely gain Congressional seats and Electoral College votes after the 2010 count. But how much will the region's political power grow? More...

Amidst a pitched battle over school diversity policy in Wake County, residents have received anonymous automated phone polls that appear to run afoul of North Carolina consumer protection laws. More...

A new report finds that states like Georgia, Florida and North Carolina are slashing school jobs even after using up federal stimulus funds -- and will have to make more cuts unless they get more help. More...