South Carolina lawmakers favor property tax reforms in 1982 session
AP survey of 170 General Assembly members shows 92 percent favor easing residential property taxes. Only 61 responded. counties must tax 100 percent of current property value, raising homeowner bills under the 1975 ad valorem reform. Four relief bills loom including a 1 cent sales tax increase and a $55,000 homestead exemption.
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Columbia
Associated Press
General Assembly
House
Senate
Florence
Malloy McEachin Jr
South Carolina lawmakers clash on sales tax plans
Rep. Bradley opposes sales tax as state revenue while Rep. Blackwell supports lowering property taxes. Archibald warns against future local tax rises if a penny sales tax is adopted. The Tax Commission notes 573,664 owner occupied dwellings. a bill could cut $165.2 million in property taxes but raise $176.2 million in sales tax. Homestead exemptions of 15 000 to 65 000 proposed. Middleton suggests radical ideas like toll roads lotteries controlled by the state.
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John Bradley
Charleston
Dill Blackwell
Greenville
Francis Archibald
Berkeley
Tax Commission
Earl Middleton
Orangeburg
South Carolina
New Barnwell Uranium Plant Breaks Ground in South Carolina
Carolina Metals Inc. breaks ground on a depleted uranium plant near S C 80 in Barnwell. Officials expect 60-75 initial workers with potential to 200. two related jobs per new position in the local economy.
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Barnwell Uranium
Carolina Metals Inc
S.C. 80
Vince Minutolo
Nuclear Metals Inc
George J. Mat
Thews
S.C
Solomon Blatt
Barnwell County Council
T.E. Richardson
Carolina Metals
Concord
Mass
Chem- Nuclear Systems
Bob Leak
S.C. Development Board
Walhalla plant to close. 8 percent of staff offered moves
Riegel's Walhalla plant shuts down through month end affecting 97 employees in professional and admin roles. About 8 percent may transfer to other Riegel plants in South Carolina or elsewhere as vacancies permit. Most workers are women, many sole or second earners, with limited relocation prospects. The plant, bought in 1979 from Minette/AVC, produced sacque suits kimonos and papooses.
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Walhalla
Riegel
South Carolina
Aiken
Ware Shoals
Woodruff
Johnston
McCormick
Whitmire
la France
Dyer
Ning
John L. Dyer
Consumer Product
Minette Company
AVC Corporation
Surplus Cheese Allocated to South Carolina Charities
About 408 200 pounds of processed American and cheddar cheese will be doled out in South Carolina to charitable organizations and needy individuals as the federal government moves to unload 15 000 tons of surplus before February 1. States may designate a state welfare agency to act as a food bank.
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Atlanta
Reagan
South Carolina
Ralph Magoffin
USDA
Brenda Schuler
Food and Nutrition Service
Revenue official predicts SC growth as Reagan plan aids restart
South Carolina Tax Commission Chairman Robert C. Wasson says state revenues will rise slowly by mid 1982 as the economy bottoms out and benefits from the Reagan program. He warns that real progress comes from private sector gains, not public spending, and cites a need for tax cuts with cautions on debt and services.
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Columbia
South Carolina Tax Commission
Robert C. Wasson
Wasson
South Carolina
Richland
Commission
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