Freshman Senator Moore Adjusts To South Carolina Senate
Thomas L. Moore, freshman Democrat from Clearwater, details six Senate committee assignments after previously serving in the House. He notes extensive homework, staff support, and contacting 300000 constituents in the eighth district. He describes the Senate’s code of conduct and his early readiness to participate once dues are paid.
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Columbia
Thomas L. Moore
S.C. Senate
Clearwater
Mittee
House
Senate
Labor
Commerce and Industry
Moore
Grossette
Rudnick Expands Threat Bill To Shield All Citizens
Rep. Irene Rudnick of Aiken steered an amendment to a House bill to criminalize threats against public officials to include all citizens. The change, approved 73-22, broadens protections but Rudnick questions constitutional limits on punishing spoken or written opinions. The measure moves to the Senate for further action.
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Columbia
Irene Rudnick
D-Aiken
House Judiciary Committee
Rudnick
House
State Senate
Lawmakers mull pay raises delay and USC study case
Busbee backs delaying state employee pay raises to balance the budget, with a $6 million savings estimate. Anderson keeps an open mind on USC General Studies program abolition by the HE C. Both Rudnick and Huff back a compromise on the criminal appeals court issue, while the Senate considers a constitutional spending cap tied to personal income growth.
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Judson Busbee
D-Wagener
House
Ways and Means
Busbee
Joseph Anderson
Irene K. Rudnick
Aiken
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Criminal Appeals Court
S.C. Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Cothran Named AP News Editor for Minnesota and Dakotas
Thomas Cothran, 34, AP news editor for South Carolina, will oversee AP reporting in Minnesota and the Dakotas starting March 15. Kent Flanagan will succeed him in Columbia. Cothran has worked for the Aiken Standard and The Buenos Aires Herald and joined AP in Atlanta in 1977.
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Columbia
Thomas C. Cothran
Associated Press
South Carolina
Minnesota
Dakotas
David Tomlin
Cothran
Three States
Kent Flanagan
Aiken Standard
Buenos Aires Herald
Atlanta
Stadium road renamed for USC Heisman George Rogers
The South Carolina Senate backed a resolution urging the state to rename Stadium Road in Columbia as George Rogers Boulevard in honor of USC Heisman winner George Rogers. The measure requests action by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
George Rogers
State Senate
House
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Stadium Road
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Thomas Moore
Anderson
USC
University of South Carolina College of General Studies
South Carolina Commission On Higher Education
House Education and Public Works Committee
Housemi
Aiken County
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Ifor
Laurens ST
Law
Oita
Taylor ST
Robert Kohn
Charleston
Stadium
Rogers Boulevard
Aamer
Heritage
Ane
Nolosine
IKXR
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