S C officers to pay more for pensions in 14
South Carolina law enforcement officers and firefighters will pay a higher share of their salaries into the Police Officers Retirement System starting in July 2014. The Budget and Control Board approved raising contributions to 8.44 percent from 8.0 percent, with teachers and other public workers at 7.5 percent.
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S.C. Senators Advance Education Bills to Floor
The Senate Education Committee advanced bills aiming to boost early learning and reading. One bill would expand the full day four year old kindergarten for disadvantaged children as part of a multi year phase in. Another bill, Read to Succeed, requires summer reading camps and extra help for struggling kindergartners through third graders with a mandatory retention policy.
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Black voter turnout tops whites in 2012 census data
Census analysis shows Black voters 66.2 percent turnout in 2012, up from 64.7 in 2008, surpassing non-Hispanic white turnout at 64.1 percent. The result helped Obama win reelection amid strong gains in the Midwest and Southeast. Michael McDonald of George Mason University notes improvements despite overall turnout dip.
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