No break for poor in debate over S C budget
In Columbia state lawmakers debate a $6 billion spending plan with Sen. Kevin Bryant denouncing Medicaid for the poor disabled and elderly as a Mercedes program. They approve a $100 million business unemployment tax bailout while considering restoring cuts to Medicaid and welfare to work.
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Woman Dies as Train Strikes Car in Orangeburg
An 82-year-old woman was killed when her grandson drove around a stopped car in Orangeburg and tried to outrun an oncoming train. Authorities said the collision occurred after the attempt failed to beat the locomotive.
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Republicans shrug at GOP 2012 field in APGIE poll
The APGIE poll shows 45 percent are dissatisfied with declared or possible GOP candidates up from 33 percent two months earlier while 41 percent are satisfied down from 52 percent. Voters seek more pizzazz with names like Christie Barbour Reagan and not a “cold fish.”
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