State passes work support bill to curb welfare
South Carolina lawmakers advance a work requirement plan to deny benefits after 30 days, extendable to three months, with job training and child care, transportation, and counseling. Gov. Riley backs the measure, DSS and BIAC say the program aims to help recipients find work, starting as a pilot in Orangeburg Bamberg and Calhoun counties and expanding statewide with funding.
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General Assembly
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Russ McKinney
Senate
Ryan Shealy
Shealy
Bill Middleton
Department of Social Services
DSS
State Business and Industrial Advisory Committee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Calhoun
ETV told to rebid controversial lease in Charleston
The South Carolina Procurement Review Panel ordered the Educational Television Commission to rebid its 1.3 million contract to lease space on a 2000 foot Charleston area antenna tower after Media General protested a bid. Panel cited missing technical information and potential extra costs. Appeals must be filed within 30 days in circuit court.
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Columbia
South Carolina
South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Charleston
State Budget and Control Board
ETV
Tall Tower Inc
Wcsc Inc
Media General Inc
Virginia
Wcbd-Tv
Hugh K. Leatherman
Media General
Dwight Drake
Henry Cauthen
Cauthen
ETY
Circuit Court
Pee Dee
Lowcountry
Attorney General's Office
Tall Tower
Methodists Oppose Omission of Onward Christian Soldiers
SPARTANBURG AP Delegates at the South Carolina United Methodist conference oppose dropping Onward Christian Soldiers from the proposed Hymnal and Worship Book. The 2000 delegates at Wofford College heard the revision committee justify removing militaristic hymns like Battle Hymn of the Republic while adding gospel songs.
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Spartanburg
New Methodist
South Carolina
United Methodist Conference
Wofford College
Nashville
Carlton K. Young
Lader Campaign Stop Narrows To Clash In Cherokee County
A routine campaign stop by gubernatorial candidate Phil Lader in Cherokee County turned confrontational as ACT members led by Katie Wilkins and 15 women and children confronted him at a Gaffney restaurant before a tour of a toxic waste site. The incident drew swift back-and-forth on accountability and publicity with Lader and Daniel supporters. Daniel campaigned elsewhere as Leatherman and Eppes pursued a statewide motorcade tour.
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Gaffney
Lader
Against Chemical Trash
Cherokee County
Daniel
Frank Eppes
Hugh Leatherman
Patsy Brown
Cherokee County Election Board
ACT
Katie Wilkins
Winthrop College
Gayle White
Greenville
Spartanburg
Charleston
Leatherman
Eppes
Florence
Trendnotes on illegal immigration counts and job impact
Recent reports increase 1980 estimates of illegal immigrants in the United States from 2 million to 3.5 to 4.5 million. Immigrants fill low wage, unskilled jobs Americans avoid. Los Angeles hosts the highest share of recent immigrants among large metros, with local unemployment falling while national rates rose. Foreign-born residents now about 7.5 percent of the U.S. population, versus 8.8 percent in 1940.
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