Infrastructure and tax reforms top South Carolina legislative agenda
Aiken County leaders push roads and bridges funding to spur economic growth while officials press for broadband expansion and SRS viability. Lawmakers aim to curb taxes with a Fair Tax proposal and seek lower personal income tax, broader business friendliness, and streamlined regulations to attract industry.
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DOE and NRC clash over Yucca Mountain waste policy
The piece notes over 10 billion dollars poured into the Yucca Mountain project before funding was cut in 2010 over doubts it could store nuclear waste. It cites a DC Circuit ruling in 2013 to resume licensing with Nuclear Waste Fund money and quotes DOE on pursuing a consent based, transparent process while acknowledging Yucca is not a final solution. Derrek Asberry covers the SRS beat.
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