Economists Predict Return to Growth for South Carolina Next Year
South Carolina and the nation are expected to exit the recession by year end with unemployment peaking near 6.5 percent in spring. USC economist Donald Schunk notes no need for a new stimulus and warns it could overheat the recovery. Wachovia’s Mark Witner cites capital gains tax cuts as more effective.
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University of South Carolina
Donald Schunk
Schunk
Wachovia
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Witner
Doug Woodward
Carolinas Governors Sign First Of Its Kind Security Pact
Governors Hodges and Easley signed a cross border security pact at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, pledging mutual aid for emergencies and terrorism. They cite improved security along roads airports seaports and nuclear facilities and urge shared information and joint exercises while critics urge broader national cooperation.
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Plan would boost funding for poor schools in state
The Education Oversight Committee proposes higher aid for struggling schools in high tax counties and low tax districts. It seeks a $90 million boost next year for low performing schools, plus targeted supports like master teachers and after school tutoring, tied to a 1998 evaluation pledge.
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