Subcommittee Reviews Spending By Agencies
State Ways and Means subcommittees reviewed funding needs for 1979 80, evaluating agencies including veteran affairs, Treasury, Dairy Commission and Health and Environmental Control. They cut several grants and delayed four children's homes while probing indirect funds and federal contributions handled by the Budget and Control Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
Aiken
Marshall Cain
Richland
Bill Campbell
Barnwell
Solomon Blatt
Veteran’s Affairs Agency
Treasurer's Office
Dairy Commission
Department of Health and Environmental Control
United Negro College
Boys Home of the
South
Lion’s Club Light Conservation Association
State Hall of Fame
Myrtle Beach
Charleston
Florence
Columbia
Florence Crittenton
Cain
Veteran’s Department
Budget and Control Board
Budget Board
DHEC
Treasury
Albert Randall
Robert Tommey
Huff Ponders D C Measure Arguments
North Augusta Rep. Thomas Huff seeks full debate on a bill granting voting representation to the District of Columbia in Congress. He has voted to report the measure and will listen to all arguments before deciding, noting he is leaning against but undecided.
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North Augusta
Thomas Huff
District of Columbia
U.S
Education Groups at Odds Over Proposals in SC
The South Carolina Education Association and the South Carolina School Boards Association clash over bills seen as turning the teachers group into a union. SCEA director Mike Fleming says the Governor's Conference on Education was used to attack proposals, while SCSBA notes a letter criticizing three of 30 SCEA initiatives.
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Columbia
South Carolina Education Association
The
South Carolina School Boards Association
SCSBA
Governor's Conference On Education
SCEA
SCSEA
Mike Fleming
Fleming
John Cone
School Boards Association
Aiken County Legislators File Broad Range of Bills in General Assembly
Aiken County lawmakers joined a surge of bills in the South Carolina General Assembly. Eighth District Senator William Knotts filed five measures including economic impact statements for future bills and expanding the State Election Commission to seven members. He also backed mail registration and counselor mandates. House members Moore Cain and others sponsored surtax proposals on alcohol funding treatment and a Judicial Nominating Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.C. General Assembly
Aiken County
William Knotts
Senate Rules Committee
Knotts
State Election Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Setzler
Tom Turnipseed
Lexington
House of Representatives
Aiken
Clearwater
Thomas Moore
Moore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Marshall Cain
Judiciary Committee
Cain
House Judiciary Committee
Reel Seeks Real Estate Mortgage Rate Limitation Removal
District 82 Rep. William Reel urges abolishing state interest rate limits on real estate mortgages. The House Labor Committee split on reporting the bill with a small majority backing it, arguing removal would increase mortgage supply for middle income homebuyers and help rates find their own level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huff
District
William Reel
House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Reel
State Agencies Closed On Robert E Lee Birthday
Agencies will be closed today on Lee's birthday with optional four of five holidays under a new system. King's birthday and four Confederate related days are optional. Jan 15 and Dec 26 now treated as holidays but agencies may stay closed only on optional days. Attorney General ruled Dec 26 as optional and that offices should not be open on those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Robert E. Lee
Martin Luther King
King
State Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Senate Passes Measure To Publish Court Rules
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate approved a bill to publish court procedure rules by the state Supreme Court with legislative review. The roll call was 30 to 8 and the measure heads to the governor. House action followed with a related amendment on constitutional revisions to voters in 1980 and 1982.
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Senate
Columbia
South Carolina
State Supreme Court
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Friedman's Jewelers
Laurens
William A. Reel
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Ioff
Aiken's Store
Laurens St
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Kalmia Plaza
Aiken, SC
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