Statehouse Renovation Nears Completion at $62.7 Million
Construction crews race to finish the $62.7 million South Carolina Statehouse renovation as dust and new desks fill the interior. Officials expect a June final inspection and an August reopening after costs rose from an initial $40 million to about $48.4 million with asbestos removal and Plaza renovations accounting for most expenses.
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Statehouse
South Carolina
Verne Smith
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House
Lewis Vaughn
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Statehouse desks spark debate as swarms cover assembly halls
Statehouse crews installed new mahogany desks in the House and Senate chambers. The Senate desks cost 2900 dollars each and the House desks 2300 dollars. Legislators deemed updating old desks to computer and audio equipment uncostly. The desks were approved by mail vote amid complaints about openness while Vaughn and Smith inspected the furniture, most covered by dropcloths.
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Professor Fired Over Porn Broadcast at Presbyterian College
A Spanish professor at Presbyterian College was fired after an arrest charging disseminating obscenity for broadcasting a pornographic videotape from the college media room. The material aired Thursday on Laurens Clinton public access, seen by at least two viewers under 16, per the warrant. Someone attempted to copy the tape during the broadcast.
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Clinton
Presbyterian College
Laurens-Clinton
Democrats accuse Beasley of living high on the hog in South Carolina
South Carolina Democrats question Governor David Beasley’s mansion food bill, requesting three years of mansion food records. Republicans call the move negative campaigning, arguing the dispute centers on dining expenses versus residents’ realities. The feud traces to a March FOIA request cited by the Charleston Post and Courier.
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Gary Karr
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Beasley
Charleston
Post and Courier
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