D.C. House Tweaks Education Budget but Keeps Core Funding
In the 1988 South Carolina House debate on the state appropriations bill the focus was education funding. The body approved a net $400,000 increase for vocational education while trimming in service training and incentive grants. Debates touched on emergency teaching certificates and the gifted and talented program with votes shifting amid concerns for urban and rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
House
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Lewis Phillips
D-Greenville
Jennings McAbee
D-Mccormick
Larry Gentry
D-Saluda
EIA
Land vows state to push seat belt law in 1989
Senator John Land pledges to lead a new effort for a mandatory seat belt law in 1989 after the Senate sent the current bill back to the Transportation Committee. He argued a statewide referendum would waste time, while supporters warn lives would be lost without the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John Land
Senate
Clarendon Democrat
South Carolina
Transportation Committee
Land
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
McConnell
Senate May Move Ahead With Final Contra Aid
Washington lawmakers expect the Senate to approve a last $40 million Contra aid installment to Nicaragua, a move that could set the stage for a broader aid cutoff later. Weicker said 49 senators might back disapproval. Murkowski warned it could be the end of support without policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nicaragua
Lowell P. Weicker
R Conn
Congress
Claiborné Pell
D-R.1
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Frank Murkowski
Alaska
Murkowski
Weicker
Kennedy
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
GOP
Congress of
United States
Helms
Central America
House
Private FOIA subcommittee meets in private session
Columbia AP report on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee’s private meeting about proposed revisions to the Freedom of Information Act. Senators Mitchell Martin Fielding Courson discuss openness and debate within the panel and aim to finalize recommendations for the full committee next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Theo Mitchell
D-Greenville
John Martin
D-Fairfield
Subcommittee
Martin
Judiciary Committee
Herbert Fielding
Dcharleston
John Courson
R-Richland
Senate
Courson
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Dmass
Reagan
Fidel Castro
T.L
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Rabun Gap - Nacoochee School
Rabun Gap
FOIA
RTH
Laurens St
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Kabbani
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Eyes
Augusta
Hamiter
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