Gas tax plan for South Carolina bridge repairs sparks debate
South Carolina transportation officials propose a three year phase in tax on gasoline and a rise in auto registration fees to 20 dollars for drivers under 65 to fund repairs on more than 2 000 bridges deemed deficient. Gov Hodges opposes any gasoline tax increase.
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Arkansas Power Restored Gradually After Ice Storm
Gov. Huckabee urged patience as 46 000 Arkansas homes and businesses remained without electricity on New Year’s Eve after a Christmas Day ice storm. Peak outages reached about 315 000 statewide. Texarkana bore the largest share of northeast Texas outages with nearly 7 000 residents affected.
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High court tested by election clash over partisanship
The Supreme Court faced scrutiny as Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices on both conservative and liberal sides defended the court. Georgetown professor Rothstein called the publicized comments unusual and defensive, while Thomas stressed the court remains nonpartisan and focused on the law. Rehnquist thanked staff for their work during the high pressure election case.
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GAO findings on AT-400 program and related nuclear residues
The Government Accounting Office warned the DOE spent nearly 50 million before terminating the AT-400 container program. DOE then spent 8.7 million in 1998 1999 for the terminated AT-400 program and plans to spend at least 9.8 million to blend and repackage nuclear residues from Rocky Flats for shipment to the Savannah River Site. Mason Hanger Corp developed a sealed insert to store plutonium pits but the drum was unsuitable for shipping. pits will be placed in those inserts and repackaging should finish in 2004 per the inspector general report.
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