Lawmakers press joint approach to South Carolina budget shortfall
South Carolina lawmakers at a media workshop urged a joint appropriations process to tackle a 148 million revenue gap for 2001 2002 with about 807 million in unfunded needs. Debate centered on tax reforms, Medicaid funding, and revenue raising strategies without broad tax increases.
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Columbia
S.C. General Assembly
House
Senate
S.C
Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Moore
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
McConnell
Sen. Moore
Les Boles
Office of
State Budget
Boles
General Assembly
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Orangeburg
Rick Quinn
R-Richland
Cobb-Hunter
Ports Authority drives regional jobs and tax revenue, study says
A Charleston Southern University study conducted for local leaders shows the South Carolina State Ports Authority supports 11 050 regional jobs across Aiken Allendale Bamberg Barnwell and Edgefield counties with wages of 340 million and generates 19 million in local taxes and 73 million in state taxes. statewide impact is 23 billion. The report notes the Ports Authority influenced development and planning, while the authority helped collect data but did not pay for the study.
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Charleston Harbor
S.C
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Edgefield
Bridgestone/Firestone
JIM
Huber
Precision ‘Machine Works
Kimberly, Clark
Five County
Ports Authority
State Ports Authority
Bernard S. Groseclose
al Parish
Center For Economic Forecasting
Charleston Southern
Dr. Parish
South Carolina
Parish Sai
Sanford outlines media access and open government
Columbia S C Gov elect Mark Sanford urged openness but warned real negotiations occur out of public view. He said task force meetings may be private to ensure diverse opinions and stressed some industry talks will remain closed.
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Columbia
S.C
Mark Sanford
Sanford
C-Span
Congress
Department of Commerce
Flu Vaccination Efforts Expand to Rural Areas
DHEC officials urge protection as flu season looms noting outreach to Jackson and Wagener and other rural areas. Vaccines this year cover A Moscow B Hong Kong and A(H3N2) strains amid confirmed cases in Charleston York and Newberry counties.
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Wagener
Rudnick
Moscow
New Caledonia
Hong Kong
Charleston County
Newberry County
Department of Health and Environ
York County
DHEC
Art Wozniak
Diagnostic Microbiology Division
Wozniak
South Carolina
Centers For Disease Control
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