State Senate OKs raising cigarette tax in South Carolina
South Carolina Senate approved a 50 cent per pack cigarette tax hike by a 32-12 vote to raise about 130 million for Medicaid with 5 million for cancer research at MUSC and anti smoking programs. The measure aims to fill Medicaid funding gaps into the 2012 budget while federal support shifts.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Medical University of South Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Leatherman
Florence
Leatherman
Kevin Bryant
Anderson
Bright
House
Mark Sanford
John Land
Manning Democrat
U S marshal arrest in South Carolina murder case
U S Marshals Service reports the arrest of Consurvi Chisolm of Berkeley County at a Los Angeles bus stop on a murder charge. He allegedly killed 4 year old Michael Chisolm and wounded his father Dansa on April 1, while under GPS monitoring for a separate 2007 Canady Jr. shooting case in Summerville.
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Charleston
U.S. Marshals Service
South Carolina
Consurvi
Michael
Dansa Chisolm
Post and Courier of
Consurvi Chisolm
Chisolm
Craig M. Canady Jr
Summerville
Man charged in wife's death in Bennettsville
Vander Simmons Jr., 33, was charged with murder after his wife Brandy Simmons was exhumed for an autopsy. Her family had urged authorities for eight months to pursue the case, saying the children described their father abusing their mother and witnesses noted marks on her neck.
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Bennettsville
South Carolina
Vander Simmons Jr
Marlboro County Detention Center
Simmons
Brandy Simmons
Charlotte
N.C
Brandy
Vickie White
Vicki
Cornelia White
Carnelia White
The
Observer
Florence
State Social Services Department
Vander Simmons
Marlboro County
Will Rogers
Rogers
Cornelia
Vicki White
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U.S. Marshals
S.C
Jason Redd Financial Services
Barnwell Avenue
Aiken
Jredd
Jasonredd Financial Services
Lloyd Kennedy Charter School
Aiken Performing Arts Academy
A Las
Laurens Street
Aurora Australis
Avalanche
Midnight Crossing
Necessary Evil
Jason Sikes
Usca Convocation Center
Kathy Boyette
Diane Daniels
Asda Construction
Rm Vey
VITA
Firestone
Ute Ania
LCN
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