State Revenue Department must hire more tax collectors
Budget cuts at the South Carolina Revenue Department have reduced staff and hindered efforts to collect back taxes. Officials say many residents file late or avoid taxes, while boosted staffing could raise substantial unpaid tax collection, with Maybank citing potential gains of about 90 million dollars from new staff.
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State Revenue Department
Columbia
Revenue Department
Burnie Maybank
Maybank
North Carolina
Kim Brooks
North Carolina Revenue Department
John Taylor
Internal Revenue Service
Fed signals deflation risk prompts rate cut view
Analysts say the Fed may cut rates this week after a May statement suggesting deflation risk exceeds inflation pickup. Markets priced in lower short-term rates, boosting mortgage refinancing and home sales as investors expect a long period of low rates to sustain the economy.
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Fed
Greenspan
Treasury
Greenspar
David Wyss
Standard & Poor's
Budget strains shift county funding and millage in Bamberg Barnwell
Bamberg and Barnwell counties face deficits as budgets tighten. Bamberg plans final reading to fund the solicitor's office at 47 000 while considering a 3 to 4 mill hike. Barnwell prepares a 70 000 allocation for 2003 2004 matching last year and awaits state cut impacts. Aiken County raises millage by 4.2 to offset cuts prompting higher homeowner costs. boards discuss education and criminal court funding as regional officials seek balance.
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Barnwell
Bamberg
Killian
Lawrence W.clark
Aiken County
Clark
Barnberg
Pickens Williams Jr
Williams
Frida
Lake Aiken County
Huff
Family Court
Aromatherapy trial saves residents from chemical restraints
Farnell reports a yearlong aromatherapy study at Mattie Hall with 12 patients, six gained weight, two maintained, and 10 of 11 responded to grapefruit and frankincense, allowing removal of chemical restraints. Oils inhaled to reach memory and emotion, not skin or ingestion, with staff and residents treated.
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Farnell
Bishop
Mattie Hall
State Department of Health and Environment Control
Iaid Farnell
Kathy Jetcoats
Jetcoats
Aikenstandard
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