Aiken Standard Founder and Leadership Honored
The Aiken Standard traces its 1867 founding and lists publisher Rhonda Overbey, executive editor Michael Smith, and news editor Holly Kemp. A thought of the day by Viscountess Astor reflects on success and social perception.
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Rhonda Overbey
Michael Smith
Holly Kemp
Editorial Vogtle deal offers partial relief and hope
After months of nuclear project uncertainty, Southern Company advances management transition at Vogtle with Toshiba guarantees at 3.86 billion dollars. The piece links Vogtle to V C Summer and MOX delays, notes billions in DOE loans, and emphasizes jobs and rate impacts in Aiken County while urging prudent, on time completion.
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Westinghouse
Southern Company
Georgia Power
Crowns Plant
Southern Nuclear
V.C
Fairfield County
SCANA
Santee Cooper
Vogtle
V.C. Summer
S.C. Public Service Commission
W.C
South Carolina
Aiken County
U.S. Department of Energy
Aiken
W.C. Summer
Sce&g
Charleston
SWPF
Savannah River
Letter to the Editor Defends Market Freedom Over Regulation
TOM TILLERY argues deregulation caused the 2008 crisis, citing John A. Allison of the Cato Institute and Ayn Rand. He cites 1982 Garn-St Germain Act, 1994 SMMA, 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Greenspan’s self policing. contends government intrusion worsened the crisis.
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Stubblefield
John A. Allison
Allison
Cato Institute
Ayn Rand
Congress
Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions
Financial
Mbs’s
Alan Greenspan
Tom Tillery Aiken
Comey testimony sparks calls for special counsel
James Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he arranged a leak to spur a special counsel probe into President Trump and Russia. He said he was fired over the Russia investigation and defended his actions while criticizing lies from the administration.
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Washington, D.C
FBI
United States
James Comey
Comey
Trump
Oval Office
Bureau
National Security
Michael Flynn
Senate Intelligence Committee
Russia
John McCain
R-Ariz
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
Diamondbacks
McCain
Vnesheconombank
VEB
Vladimir Putin
Jared Kushner
Jeff Sessions
Mueller
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Robert Mueller
Congress
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