Student lawyer contemplates new suit amid state budget cuts
Williams, a Wagener student and mock trial team member, weighs joining a revived lawsuit against Sanford over state budget cuts hitting the law school and K 12 programs. He cites potential loss of travel funds, adjunct layoffs, and broader effects on law enforcement and prisons.
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Joe Anderson
Sanford
Williams
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Aiken County
Chapin High School
Casey Edwards
Columbia
Dwight Drake
Edwards
Drake
Wagener
Rob Novit
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Aikenstandard.com
Signs discourage Children Playing road warning signs
Seconi notes neighborhood surveys would show few support signs. SCDOT says Children Playing signs do not prove safety benefits and may invite roadway playing. Eddie George says the City of Aiken has not used them due to messaging and impact concerns. FHA removed these signs from their manual though school and park warnings remain allowed when justified.
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Seconi
SCDOT
City of Aiken
Foreclosure casts shadow over Aiken townhouse project
The planned development of 36 maintenance free townhouses near downtown Aiken is only partly built with fewer than half completed and several units empty. Calls to Summerville Homes were not returned and residents declined to comment.
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Aiken
Summerville
Barbara Franklin joins Columbia in Jobs for Life role
Barbara Franklin, formerly with Floyd in Aiken, becomes a Columbia based Jobs for Life executive. She praises graduates for empowerment and self belief and encourages perseverance as she plans to pursue the GED again, noting personal strength gains. Scott credits strong Christian community for support.
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Floyd
Aiken
Columbia Based
Jobs For Life
Scott
Rob Novit
Movit
Aikenstandard.com
Geithner Says Global Recession Easing but Reforms Needed
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stated that the global recession appears to be losing force but stressed that major reforms in US and Chinese economic policy and financial regulation are essential. Speaking at Peking University, he urged a balanced, stable global economy and closer US China economic ties.
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Treasury
Timothy Geithner
United States
China
Geithner
Washington
Peking University
Obama
Nevada Assembly Overrides Gibbons Veto on Domestic Partners
Nevada lawmakers vote 28 to 14 to override Gov. Gibbons and codify domestic partners' rights. The measure grants partners equal rights to property and debt, bans discrimination, and allows partnerships without a solemnization ceremony, amid ongoing marriage equality debate.
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Nevada
Jim Gibbons
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