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POLICY
BOOKS
Environment
Getting
Greener
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.
Tax Reform
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.
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A
look at our next project -- Better Elections
APRIL
2008 -- From literacy tests and poll taxes to pregnant chads and
the drawing of congressional districts, the battle to limit or expand
participation has been a continuing contest within the context of
Southern elections.
Better
Elections: Improving political participation in the American South,
a new book of policy ideas from the Center for a Better South, will
examine modern challenges to participation in elections in the South
and offer recommendations for improving access to the ballot box
and the political arena.
The
book, written by Charleston School of Law Professor John L.S. Simpkins,
is scheduled for publication in November 2008- - just after
the presidential and congressional elections.
- To
learn more about our Better Elections project, click
here.
Center
receives approval of tax-exempt status
DEC.
17, 2007 -- The Center for a Better South today received formal
notice that its application for federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service. [See
a copy of the approval letter.]
Donations
to the Center now are tax-deductible. Since
its inception in February 2005, the Center for a Better South has
operated as a non-profit, non-partisan organization.
Take
a look at ThinkSouth, our blog
ThinkSouth.org
is a blog of ideas posted by BetterSouth friends from around the
South. On one day, you might learn about something progressive going
on in Alabama; on another, you might find out about an interesting
way the North Carolina legislature is addressing a problem.
Our
Blog Team scours the Web to find compelling ideas to share. Take
a look. You might have a little fun -- and learn something at
the same time.
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