Aiken Standard Key Staff and Founding Remark
Aiken Standard notes its 1867 founding with Ellen Priest as publisher and Tim O Briant as editor. Holly Ellington serves as news editor and audience director. Thought of the Day quotes Abraham Cowley: love without passion is dreary, passion without love is horrific.
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Ellen Priest
Tim O’briant
Holly Ellington
Aiken
Palmetto
South Carolina 2016 Legislative Session Preview
The editorial notes media expectations for the 2016 session after a workshop in Columbia. Infrastructure, education funding following the Abbeville ruling, and ethics reform shape the agenda. Key figures and debates include gas tax, DOT director appointment power, school consolidation, and public records access amid ongoing partisan wrangling.
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South Carolina Press Association
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Senate
State Supreme Court
Abbeville County
South Carolina
High Court
Palmetto
State Highway Commission
State Department of Transportation
Republican forum outlines values to fight poverty by freedom and work
A Jack Kemp Foundation forum moderated by Paul Ryan and Tim Scott featured six Republican presidential candidates including Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. They argued that poverty programs should reward work and family, promote school choice, and empower local decision making to restore opportunity and responsibility.
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Paul Ryan
South Carolina
Tim Scott
Republican Party
America
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas Sowell
Florida
Jeb Bush
Jack Kemp
Ryan
Sen
Scott
Kemp Forum
MSNBC
Jimmy Kemp
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Letters to the Editor criticize Talk Back and claim mislabeling
A reader rebutts a 1981 Citadel graduate for misrepresenting college and military service and urges accountability. The letter also cites a Democratic Party critique, accusing Sanders supporters of Marxist influences and calling for a party name change.
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Socia Media
Aiken Standard
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Socialist Party of the
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