Conservation focused forum highlights SRS issues and tourism
A heated forum on conservation in South Carolina centers on Savannah River Site jobs, new missions, and infrastructure funding. Candidates pledge tougher penalties for poaching, support for hydrogen research, and coastal tourism protections while criticizing aging water infrastructure and land-use planning.
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Young
Savannah River
SRS
Center For Hydrogen Research
Vasile Bootle
Singer
County Council
Resignations Highlight Praise for Officers' Careers
Hunt described no illegal actions by the officers and noted positive remarks from the chief and others about their experience. Shaw served at North Augusta Public Safety from May 1999 before joining the Aiken County Sheriff's Office in 1999. Weigle worked at the Aiken County Sheriff's Office since November 1994 after earlier service from 1989 to 1994.
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Hunt
Shaw
North Augusta Public Safety
Aiken County Sherif
Weigle
Aiken ‘County Sheriffs Office
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
South Carolina Eyes I Believe License Plates First Nation
Lt. Gov Andre Bauer pledged to front 4000 for the first US I Believe license plates showing a cross and stained glass. The measure allows religious themed plates while critics from the American Jewish Congress warn of church state endorsement and possible legal action. South Carolina enacted the bill as other religious bills passed late in the session.
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Columbia
South Carolina
American Jewish Congress
Mark Stern
Mark Sanford
Andre Bauer
Sanford vetoes fire sprinkler tax break bill
Governor Mark Sanford vetoed a bill allowing local governments to offer property tax breaks up to 25 percent and a matching state income tax credit to encourage voluntary fire sprinkler installations. Firefighters condemned the veto, citing nine deaths at the Charleston Sofa Super Store blaze as the catalyst for mandatory sprinklers.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Charleston
Sanford veto blocks HIV notice in schools
Columbia South Carolina governor Mark Sanford vetoed a bill to require schools to notify when students test positive for HIV. Critics warned the move would deter medical testing while supporters want broader disease notices including Hepatitis B and C.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Mark Sanford
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