Tough Times Ahead For Carolina Schools
State and federal budget cuts plus declining enrollment threaten teacher staffing in the Carolinas. Officials warn up to 600-700 NC teachers may be lost to enrollment drops, with potential 1,000 more from reduced federal funds and 200 from local funding.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Richard Gergle
South Carolina Education Association
John Wilson
North Carolina Association of Educators
Wilson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Gergle
York County
Joe Gentry
Greenwood geneticists probe blue diapers mystery at weekend conclave
About a dozen patients attend at the A. Preston Nisbet Education Center in Greenwood as 20 doctors discuss puzzling inherited conditions including a infant girl with blue urine. Dr. Saul says genetics studies diseases passed through genes and notes 3,000 single gene disorders identified and ~150 new ones annually.
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Greenwood
A. Preston Nisbet
Robert A. Saul
Greenwood Genetic Center
Carlos Salinas
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Saul
Senator Pushes South Carolina Toddler Car Seat Bill
Senator John Land seeks a law requiring children under four to use approved restraint devices in cars. The measure, backed by officials and pediatricians, passed the Senate Transportation Committee and would impose a $25 fine with warnings for 18 months.
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Columbia
Sen
John Land
Sen. Land
General Assembly
South Carolina
Senate
Transportation Committee
Tennessee
Cycle Club Near SLED Raided in Columbia
Police raids at a Sundowners Motorcycle Club party near SLED headquarters detained 15 people on various charges. Bonds ranged from 200 to 2000 dollars as 40 to 50 bikers were searched by a task force including Richland and Lexington sheriffs, SLED, ATF, and DEA.
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Columbia
SLED
Hugh Munn
Sundowners Motorcycle Club
Lawmaker Proposes Rule Change to End Filibuster Absences
State Rep. Mike Gulledge proposes a rule to deny $50 daily subsistence pay to House members for missing two consecutive roll call votes. The penalty applies after invoking Rule 3.9 requiring members to stay on the floor until adjournment.
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Columbia
Mike Gulledge
Gulledge
D-Abbeville
Woman and two children die in Clarendon County fire
A woman Kay H. Spigner aged 28 and her two children 2-year-old Edgar Wayne and 3-year-old Robin Michelle died when a fire swept their one-story frame home near Alcola in Clarendon County. Fire Marshal Carter Jones said a faulty fireplace is the preliminary cause and the investigation continues.
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Associated Press
Clarendon County
South Carolina
Greenwood County
Spartanburg
Carter Jones
Kay H. Spigner
Edgar Wayne
Robin Michelle
Alcola
Jones
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