Education funding tops issues for 2008 legislative session
South Carolina lawmakers push to overhaul the decades old school funding formulas citing unfairness to poorer and wealthier districts alike. Leaders anticipate only partial reforms during an election year as budget gaps and Medicaid growth loom. debates focus on health care funding, tax cuts, and budget transparency.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Senate
Charleston
Beaufort
Glenn McConnell
Dan Cooper
Harsey Peeler
Mark Sanford
Gaffney
Sanford
Hugh Leatherman
Florence
Senate Finance Committee
Peeler
South Carlina
Jim Rex
Teenager's body found in river in Upstate South Carolina
Police identify 16 year old Marisha Jeter of Union County as the victim found in the Broad River near Chester County after she had been missing since Thursday. Verlisha Littlejohn, 25, of Gaffney was found in Cherokee County at a nearby hydroelectric plant after months missing. Both cars remain missing. authorities weigh homicide and possible link, with Jeter identified by dental records and autopsy pending.
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Spartanburg
Polk
Upstate
Marisha Jeter
Uuson County
Broad River
Chester County
Aydroelectric Power
Cherokee County
Verlisha Littlejohn
Gaffney
Jeter
South Carolina
AXL
Union
Sam White
Union Police
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
SLED
Russel Feaster
Littlejohn
Feaster
Union County School Board
Manning Jeter
McDonald's
Man fatally shot during disturbance call in South Carolina
Anderson County coroner says 41 year old Mark Monroe Evans died of a gunshot wound after an officer responding to a disturbance at Evans home opened fire. A 71 year old woman who lived there and the unnamed officer were treated and released. Lula Mae Charping was charged with assault on a police officer and interfering with a public officer as the coroner and Miller said pepper spray and a baton failed to subdue Evans before the shooting. The SC Law Enforcement Division is investigating.
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Ureenville
Anderson County
Greg Shore
Mark Monroe Evans
Saturda
Anderson County Detention Center
Miller
Evans
D.C. to use banned voting machines
Greenville AP reports South Carolina election officials intend to use touch screen voting machines despite bans by Ohio and Colorado on the same company iVotronic systems. A study cited magnetic and handheld device vulnerabilities raise concerns about election integrity.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Ohio
Colorado
iVotronic
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