Monday, October 1, 2007

Regionals in Todays News

WATER BILL: Larry Lipman examines the implications of Bush's promised veto for Florida in the Palm Beach Post; and Herb Jackson in the Bergen Record.

HOUSING DISCRIMINATION: Deborah Barfield Berry reveals the world of housing discrimnation "testers" for Gannett News.

FARM BILL: Jake Thompson is covering the fight over crop subsidies for the Omaha World Herald.

SUPREME COURT LOOK-AHEAD: Maureen Groppe did a Q&A with Supreme Court litigation specialist Thomas Goldstein on the upcoming term for the Indiana Star, and writes on the court's refusal to hear a patent challenge case critical to Eli Lilly & Co.

REGIONAL APPOINTMENTS: Suzanne Struglinski writes about a Utahn tapped for a Bureau of Land Management post in the Salt Lake Tribune.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Craig Gilbert writes in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel how independent groups like MoveOn.org are influencing the 2008 election.

JENA 6: Civil rights leaders say they will seek a meeting with President Bush following a disappointing meeting with Justice Department officials on the Jena 6 case, Gerard Shields reports in the Baton Rouge Advocate.

DEATH OF A DREAM (ACT): The bill to legalize college or military-bound illegal immigrants is off the table for now, Lisa Friedman writes in the Whittier Daily News.

LIFE AFTER MARK FOLEY: Larry Lipman traces the trajectory of the Republican Party since the Foley scandal in today's Palm Beach Post.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOCIAL SECURITY?: Not much, and that ain't good, reports Trish Choate in the Witchita Falls Times Record News.

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