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36 min ago | STN Online

S.C. Budget for New Buses Uncertain Despite Excess Lottery Funds

While extra lottery revenues in South Carolina is good news for public schools, media reports suggesting that the $26 million might be funneled toward brand-new school buses are premature, said Department of Education spokesperson Jay Ragley.

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Related Topix: Lottery, US Governors

Fri May 17, 2013

Post and Courier

Rep. Mark Sanford, Gov. Nikki Haley to visit Monday

Sanford will meet with the State Ports Authority at 10 a.m. Monday. Deepening Charleston's Harbor loomed as one of the biggest local issues in the special 1st Congressional District election that Sanford won earlier this month.

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Related Topix: US Governors

Post and Courier

Local film industry celebrates incentives that may help expansion

Supporters of the film industry, including Carolina Film Alliance members Myra Jones and Darrell Johnson and Alliance director Richard Futch and Gary Santos gathered at FISH restaurant to celebrate passage of legislation to boost incentives -- Thursday May 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Charleston, SC, Goose Creek, SC

AmmoLand

Obama Breeds Rebellion Among the States

It may well become the most unpopular law since Prohibition became an Amendment to the Constitution in 1919.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Guns, US Governors, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican

FITSNews

More On David Wilkins, Lobbyist

Earlier this month this website wrote a piece on former S.C. Speaker of the House David Wilkins - who is actively lobbying on behalf of several state agencies Why is this a big deal? Because Wilkins isn't reporting his lobbying activities - which violate a state law prohibiting such behavior by sitting members of state boards or commissions.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Clemson University, Mullins, SC

Thu May 16, 2013

The State

C-SPAN to feature Columbia in shows this weekend

Stories about Columbia's history, culture and politics will be the focus of special programming Saturday and Sunday on C-SPAN. Watch special programs at 6 p.m. Saturday during Book TV programming and 5 p.m. Sunday during American History TV programming.

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Related Topix: Columbia, SC, US Governors

Clover Herald

Democrats criticize Gov Haley for state plane use

Democrats accuse Gov. Nikki Haley of misusing the state's planes by taking her campaign-paid videographer with her on flights around South Carolina.

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Related Topix: US Governors

The State

SC probation agency’s request for extra $1.4 million meets resistance

A soon-to-be released audit of the Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole shows the agency has at least $12.5 million in money to spend and a number of positions that have not been filled, according to state Rep.

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Related Topix: Greenville, SC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors

Wed May 15, 2013

Charleston Business Journal

Final 12 S.C. counties commit to workforce training initiative

All of South Carolina's 46 counties now have been approved by the state Workforce Investment Board to seek designation as a S.C. Work Ready Community In Progress .

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Related Topix: South Carolina, US Governors, Mathematics, Science

Charleston Business Journal

Boeing expects to bring about 600 IT jobs to the Lowcountry

The Boeing Co. expects to add about 600 information technology jobs in North Charleston during the next three years as the company reshuffles its IT workforce, according to an initial company estimate.

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Related Topix: Boeing, Aerospace-Defense, Charleston, SC, North Charleston, SC, US Governors

WACH-TV Columbia

Lawmakers creating taxpayer protection fund to help hacking victims

Kershaw Co. Senator Vincent Sheheen and State Treasurer Curtis Loftis want to go one step ahead to help victims from last fall's hack at the state Department of Revenue.

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Related Topix: Kershaw, SC, US Governors

Tue May 14, 2013

FITSNews

DeMint Group: Just Say No To Medicaid Expansion

Days after releasing a poll showing South Carolinians evenly split on the question of Medicaid expansion , a conservative-leaning think tank has released a new report urging policymakers to reject this "free money." "This allegedly good deal will only bring turmoil to the state's budget in the future," former U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim DeMint, South Carolina Government, Heritage Foundation, Charitable Organizations, US Governors

WTOC-TV Savannah

SC senator: Loan for hacking bills wrong approach

A Republican state senator is criticizing how the Department of Revenue paid its clean-up bills following the massive hacking of taxpayers' personal data.

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Related Topix: US Governors

FITSNews

Nikki Haley Has A Presidential Supporter

Google "Nikki Haley for President." You'll see a couple of our stories assessing her prospects , but if you scroll down to the bottom of the page you'll see a video uploaded to YouTube several months ago by 14-year-old Jackson Billion of Minnesota.

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Related Topix: US Governors, South Carolina, Michelle Obama

The Island Packet

Republican Club: AR-15 giveaway on hold

The Greater Bluffton Republican Club, which last week announced it was giving away an AR-15 rifle for its spring fundraiser, now says the campaign is on hold.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, US Governors

Mon May 13, 2013

Post and Courier

CBS orders a oeRecklessa for fall line-up

Cam Gigandet walks across East Battery on March 20, 2013 while filming the new CBS pilot, "Reckless." Millions of dollars are at stake in South Carolina as a network television show decides whether to return to Charleston.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Cam Gigandet, Charleston, SC, US Governors

Post and Courier

Higher education reform moving slowly

Nikki Haley's spokesman Rob Godfrey said the governor "is fighting for accountability-based funding for South Carolina's public colleges and universities and believes that these institutions should be funded based upon their performance." Changing the way South Carolina pays for and evaluates its public colleges and universities isn't going to be ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Governors, Francis Marion University, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

FITSNews

SCDEW: The More Things Change

Less than two weeks after S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley decided to take another stab at running a "workforce agency," the incompetent baboons err, buffoons in charge of her S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce were up to their old tricks again.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Hilton Head Island, SC

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Gov. Haley Visits Boeing North Charleston Facility

Gov. Nikki Haley along with other state and local officials is scheduled to visit a Boeing facility in North Charleston on Friday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, North Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC

Lake Wylie Pilot

Settlement clears way for inland port project

South Carolina's new inland port in Greer should be moving cargo by late summer now that a potential snag in the plans has been resolved.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Greer, SC, Charleston, SC, US Governors