Column compares budget to ideal spending levels
The House budget, despite unanimous passage, falls short of state law mandates for classroom funding and underfunds colleges and local governments. It raises state employee pay slightly, offsets taxes once, funds new judgeships, and advances a harbor deepening project while rejecting a road-maintenance shift to counties.
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House
Harry Ott
Nikki Haley
Haley
Charleston Harbor
Congress
Debate on Open Primaries in South Carolina
The piece argues against closing primaries and requiring party registration. It cites benefits of independent voters, states public financing should fund open primaries, and endorses election commissions to run primaries across all counties to preserve a healthy two party system. It notes independents enhance voter broadness and reduce ideological myopia.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Benedict XVI Prays for Cuba Renewal and Liberty
Pope Benedict XVI delivers a prayerful speech at the Virgin of Charity sanctuary near Santiago, urging renewal and hope for Cubans. He prays for those who suffer, lack freedom, or are separated from loved ones amid difficult times. A later note quotes Spike Lee apologizing for incorrectly retweeting an elderly couple’s address as George Zimmerman’s.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Virgin of Charity of Cobre
Santiago
McClain
McClain ’S
Spike Lee
George Zimmerman
Neighborhood Watch
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Cindi Ross Iscoppe
Cindi Ross Scoppe
Columbia
Ther Views
Savannah River
E.I
Dupont de Nemours
Eeoicpa
Independent Claims Advocate
Frowiss
Frowiss.org
P.O. Box
Rancho Santa FE
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