March 19: Regionals in Today's News

GUN CASE: Sylvia Smith of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette gets reactions from local folks inside the Supreme Court oral arguments on Tuesday. Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VA HOSPITAL Sylvia Smith of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette writes the latest on her area's veteran's hospital as the Bush administration will not give up certain info.

PRIMARIES: In a March 11 story, Lesley Clark of the Miami Herald keeps up her coverage of the do-over Florida primary. Wes Allison of the St. Petersburg Times also tackles the issue in a March 18 story. Brett Lieberman of the Patriot-News Leader looks at Clinton's standings in a recent PA poll.

IRAQ ANNIVERSARY: Lisa Mascaro of the Las Vegas Sun look at Gen. James L. Jones new challenge --a great different way of writing about the 5th anniversary of the war. Jerry Zremski of The Buffalo (N.Y.) News looks at the next president will have to face on the war.

RECESS TRIPS: Noelle Straub of the Billings Gazette writes about Sen. John Barrasso's visit to Afghanistan.

OBAMA SPEECH: Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race. Josh Drobnyk of the Allentown Morning Call looks at a new poll in his state on race in the election.

BOEING CONTROVERSY: Rob Hotakainen of the Olympian explains the controversy over the Airbus contract in a March 17 story.

YUCCA LICENSE: Steve Tetreault of the Las Vegas Review Journal continues his coverage of the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada. The Energy Department aims to file its license application in June.

GET LOCAL!

• Maureen Groppe of Gannett News Service is on the road and has two stories covering the death of an Indiana solider in Kentucky. Click here and Click here for her great stories.
  
• Malia Rulon of the Cincinnati Enquirer tells the story of a local man now living in Afghanistan.
  
• Aaron Salder writes in the Morning News about Arkansas' high mark for mental health data. Salder also writes in the Times Record about another report on the uninsured dying earlier because of poor health care.
  
• Bruce Alpert of the New Orleans Times-Picayune writes about a study ranking Louisiana eighth among the 50 states in terms of state financial commitments for preschool education.
  
• Marc Heller of the Watertown Daily Times interviews a member on his stance on waterboarding.