Senate panel seeks November voting for all public offices
A South Carolina Senate panel backs a House election law bill to move votes for all public offices to November and keep school board elections nonpartisan while allowing bond votes on other schedules. The plan would consolidate statewide, legislative, congressional and county races in even years and place school and municipal votes in odd years. The panel also favors Tuesday elections and placing municipal boards under county election supervision. Opposition centers on limiting school board borrowing votes and fears of partisan school board elections.
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South Carolina
Florida
House
James Hendrix
State Election Commission
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Pal
Hendrix
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Moore
Permanent barricades OK'd for perimeter of State House
A state panel approved concrete filled steel posts and heavy chains around the Capitol Complex at a cost near 60 000 dollars and a three week install. Barriers will be removed as posts rise with officials citing safety needs after a car mounted the State House steps.
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State House
Columbia
Capitol Complex
Michael Sponhour
State Budget and Control Board
Homeland Security
Steve Siegfried
US. Army
Genera
Siegfried
House
Capitol
State must close learning gap among race and income
A Southern Education Foundation report titled Miles To Go warns South Carolina will not rise in national rankings without closing the race and income based learning gap. It outlines a deep divide and urges kindergarten through college educators to coordinate efforts to align planning, assessment, and implementation across the system.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Southern Education Foundation
State Farm seeks 15 percent rate hike in South Carolina
State Farm seeks approval to raise homeowners rates by an average of 15 percent in South Carolina. The hike would raise bills for about a quarter of homeowners with coastal areas like Myrtle Beach and Charleston facing about 25 percent increases. Midlands customers could see 3 to 8 percent jumps as the company cites large underwriting losses. The insurer had raised rates in Sept. 2000 after reporting 15 percent higher losses than projections.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Farm
Myrtle Beach
Charleston
Renate Dugans
Lee Cohn
Cohabiting Could End Spousal Support Bill Advances
A South Carolina House bill to suspend court ordered support payments if a former spouse cohabits with another person won key approval. The measure, second reading passed 83 to 19. Rep. John Graham Altman said it targets sustained cohabitation approximating marriage and would require court action to halt support.
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Columbia
John Graham Altman
Charleston
Altman
New license plates gain House approval in South Carolina
The South Carolina House approved second reading for new tag plans. Islands Light tags would cost 100 dollars more than regular plates to fund Charleston lighthouse restoration. God Bless America plates add 16 dollars, with homeland security funds. South Carolina Technology Alliance plates would cost 100 dollars extra for tech programs.
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Columbia
Forms Island
Charleston
God Bless America
Homeland Security
South Carolina Technology Alliance
Adjutant General Spears seeks reelection in Missouri
Adjutant General Stan Spears announced Thursday he is seeking reelection to the state's top military post in Columbia. He argued the National Guard's importance has grown since the September 11 terror attacks and the ongoing War on Terror. Spears became a major general in 1995 and was elected adjutant general in 1994.
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Stan Spears
National Guard
Spears
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