Health report shows heart disease cancer and stroke top SC death causes
South Carolina releases The Health of South Carolinians 2000 detailing heart disease cancer and stroke as leading death causes while noting progress in reducing infectious diseases among children. Health officials cite plan to improve care access and focus on children the elderly and health equity.
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Cocaine Bust Tied to I-85 Near Greenville
Troopers halted a pickup on I-85 near Greenville. Officers found about 1 000 pounds of cocaine in a crate under a tarp. Driver Freddie Ramirez and passenger Juan Antonio Aguilar, both from Houston, were detained in Spartanburg County. Governor Hodges hailed the operation as a top state drug interdiction effort. Public Safety Director Boykin Rose credited intensified patrols for the seizure.
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Jim Hodges
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Senate Finance Committee backs tobacco settlement bonds
The Senate Finance Committee moves to close a 177.8 million gap by borrowing 177.8 million and issuing bonds backed by future tobacco settlement payments. About 998 million raised would fund health and economic programs, with 70 percent to health, 15 percent to farmers, and 15 percent to tobacco communities, while colleges gain 112 million.
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Bobby Harrell
Charleston
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John Matthews
D-Orangeburg
Higher Education Commission
Charlie FitzSimons
Senate Finance Committee
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