South Carolina Senators Debate 50 Cent Cigarette Tax Increase
South Carolina legislators begin debate on a 50 cent per pack cigarette tax to fund Medicaid and cancer research. The bill would raise $123 million for Medicaid and $5 million each for cancer research and anti smoking efforts, while aiming to preserve roughly $500 million in services as federal Medicaid support dwindles next year.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Thomas Alexander
Valhalla
Alexander
Larry Martin
Pickens
Martin
John Scott
Scott
House
Barack Obama
Mark Sanford
South Carolina church leaves Episcopal Church for conservative group
St Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant voted to leave the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and join the Anglican Church in North America. About 700 parishioners, 97 percent, supported the decision after years of tensions over the national church's stance and a prior property dispute with All Saints Pawleys Island.
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Charleston
South Carolina
National Episcopal Church
North America
The
Post and Courier of Charleston
St. Andrews Church
Mount Pleasant
Episcopal Diocese of
National Church
St. Andrews
All Saints Church
Pawleys Island
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Episcopal Church
U.S
Anglican Communion
Steve Wood
Wood
Mark Lawrence
Way of Christ
Episcopal Diocese
Upper South Carolina
Energy retrofit loan law aims to cut home bills in South Carolina
A loan program signed into law by Governor Sanford ties retrofit costs to monthly utility bills, lowering upfront costs for homeowners and renters. Electric cooperatives plan to lend up to 750 million to retrofit 225000 homes over 10 years, funded by potential federal support, with loans repaid via utility charges.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
South Carolina
Michael Couick
Electric Cooperatives of
Couick
Paul Campbell
Goose Creek
Frances Sanders
Sanford
Gaffney
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S. Carolina
Wlcome
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Richland Avenue
Newberry Street
Leonardo DiVinci
St. John’s
Tenebrae Service
Gasper
Jesus Christ
St. Johny
Aiken, South Carolina
Stjohns-Umc.org
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