Mobile 911 upgrades push to locate wireless callers in South Carolina
Officials statewide work with counties to upgrade 911 systems so mobile calls can be mapped to exact locations within 12 to 14 months. About a third of the 46 counties are upgraded. 1.2 million SC residents used mobile 911 from January through September, with tourists boosting calls in Horry County.
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Columbia
Ralph Inman
Greenville County
South Carolina
Bobby Bowers
State Office of Research and Statistics
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Horry County
State offers cash reward for Medicaid savings ideas
South Carolina Health and Human Services invites Medicaid providers to submit cost-saving ideas with a potential reward. Applicants may receive 10 percent of realized state savings up to 500 dollars after a year of review and verification. Skeptics caution about the workload and eligibility impacts while officials emphasize ongoing savings goals.
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Columbia
Health and Human Services Department
Sue Berkowitz
South Carolina
Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Bryan Kost
Kost
Mark Sanford
Health and Human Services
Sanford
Will Folks
Robbie Kerr
Kerr
Berkowitz
Chester curfew tightens for youths to curb gang violence
Chester officials move toward a 10 p.m. curfew for under 18 with parental consent needed for public areas. Relaxed to 11 p.m. during daylight saving time. Nine local youth gangs identified in six months.
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Chester
Mike Phillips
Phillips
Charges dropped against Woodmont principal in student dispute
Greenville an Upstate principal Randy Reagan of Woodmont High School faced simple assault charges after a student dispute in October. Prosecutors dropped the charge last week after an internal district investigation found Reagan acted appropriately. Reagan, 47, was briefly suspended but later returned to work.
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Upstate
Woodmont High School
Randy Reagan
Reagan
Sanford plan would add twenty three million to health plan
Gov Mark Sanford announced his executive budget would include an extra 23 million to keep state worker health insurance premiums from rising. He would also divert funds from enhanced tax collection to replenish reserves, despite a pending rate increase starting next month for single, employee and spouse, employee and children, and full family plans.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Sanford
South Carolina
General Assembly
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