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Getting Greener


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Our 2007 book on environmental policy outlines how the South's state and local governments can benefit from new ideas. The effort has been endorsed by newspapers, college presidents and a state branch of the Christian Coalition.


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Doing Better

Our 2006 book of ideas offered by the Center for a Better South, we argue it is incumbent for lawmakers across the South to revisit their state tax codes in a holistic manner to bring our tax systems into the 21st century.


Op-ed: Times may not be as troubled as you think

MAY 31 , 2009 -- The (Mobile, Ala.) Press-Register published an opinion piece by Better South President Andy Brack that outlined observations on the spirit of the South. An excerpt:

The lesson of this eight-day trip to learn what actually was occurring in the South is this: Yes, things might be bad, but they're not as bad as you might think.

In fact, there's a lot of good going on.

We need to take that spirit, work together and do even more good now.
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Congratulations to Secretary Mabus

MAY 19, 2009 -- Congratulations to one of our valued advisors, former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, who today was approved to be the country's new Secretary of the Navy.

Mabus, 60, served as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the Clinton Administration. More.

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