Sanford outlines $5.3 billion budget with tax cut plan
Gov. Mark Sanford releases a $5.3 billion executive budget prioritizing education funding and a six year plan to lower the top income tax rate from 7 percent to 4.75 percent. The proposal also shifts funds from teacher incentives to prisons and students, while restoring $25 million raided from cleanup and reserve accounts.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Sanford
House
Ways and Means
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Harrell
Cumberland Cardinals Red Hat Calendar Aids Area Churches
The Cumberland Cardinals Red Hat Society at Cumberland Village promotes a 2005 calendar featuring 12 members in season themed hats to raise funds for Area Churches Together Serving. Lorene Grossheider is January and comments on exposure. Kathryn Grimes February and Jane Goldston March praise the project and public reaction.
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Cumberland Cardinals
Red Hat Society
Cumberland Village
Bebette Smith
Queen Mother
Lorene Grossheider
Grossheider
Kathryn Grimes
Grimes
Jane Goldston
Bills seek August start for South Carolina schools
Three coastal state senators filed bills to push the school start date to at least August 25. Supporters cite last year’s survey showing about four in five parents want later August classes, while opponents warn of lost prep time for Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test and criticize survey balance. A compromise proposal could let local districts set dates.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Parents in Charge push tuition tax credit proposal
In Columbia, supporters of the Put Parents in Charge plan argue for a tax credit aiding families with up to 75000 to offset private school or home school tuition. Former State Superintendent Barbara Neilsen says the measure expands parental choice and will face a likely battle in the 2005 D C General Assembly.
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Columbia
Barbara Neilsen
Christmas in Hopelands draws nearly fifteen thousand visitors
Crowds braved subfreezing nights as 14 985 people attended Christmas in Hopelands in Aiken. Organizer Andrew Parker noted the weather friendly run kept the 75 000 light display open, surpassing last three years. The display ran Dec 11 to 27 with 1 766 manhours invested.
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Hopelands
Andrew Parker
City of Aiken
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Parker
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