News From Around the South 3/23 to 3/30

News From Around the South 3/23 to 3/30

by | Mar 30, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Marietta Receives Regional  Award for Civil War Commemoration MARIETTA, Ga. — Marietta city officials on Wednesday received the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2014 CREATE Community Award in the Community Involvement and Collaboration category for its...
Fastest-Growing Cities in South, West

Fastest-Growing Cities in South, West

by | Mar 18, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The fastest-growing big cities in the nation are concentrated in the South and West. As the newly released Census maps below show, cities with populations above 100,000 in those regions grew most between 2000 and 2010, and 2010 and 2013. And not all of them were the...
Looking for the Next President

Looking for the Next President

by | Mar 17, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

It seems so early, but eager candidates are already lining up to become the Republican nominee for president in the important race of 2016. There has already been one showcasing in Iowa, and candidates are seeking opportunities to strut their stuff and show why they...
News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16

News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16

by | Mar 16, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

NORTH CAROLINA: Averasboro, Bentonville Rememebred as Confederacy’s Last Stand The bloody battles of Averasboro and Bentonville near the end of the Civil War fail to summon the same attention as those at Antietam or Gettysburg. Though Averasboro proved to be a...
Study: Southerners Most Patriotic

Study: Southerners Most Patriotic

by | Mar 13, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Can you guess which state in the union holds the American flag the highest? Quirky real-estate company Movoto ranked the most to least patriotic states in the U.S.A. according to data pulled from the 2012 U.S. Census, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Google...