South Carolina Budget Bill Sparks Senate Debate
In Columbia a three week budget stalemate unfolds as the Senate debates a $3.01 billion state budget bill. Fiscal conservatives criticize the Finance Committee version while Sen. Glenn McConnell objects to $41 million for a capital expenditure fund. The chamber wrestles with timing and spending priorities amid threats of parliamentary fights.
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Columbia
General Assembly
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Rembert Dennis
D-Berkeley
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
House
McConnell
Sen
John Lindsay
Lindsay
General Reserve Fund
South Carolina
Single Member Districts Heads to Justice Department
The Aiken County single member district voting plan for board of education elections advances to the U.S. Justice Department. Five of six local lawmakers signed the uncontested bill, which passed second reading unanimously but has no third reading due to Rep Solomon Blatt's death. Several representatives voiced reservations about timing and federal approval before November.
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Aiken County
Thomas E Huff
District 83
Huff
Justice Department
Robert H. Slay
Sally Bigger
James R. Smith
Slay
Beech Island
Jackson
Frenchman arrested for peddling fake Chernobyl film
Rome AP reports a 24 year old Frenchman Thomas Gareng was arrested on fraud charges after selling videotape that allegedly showed the Chernobyl plant to ABC NBC. The footage proved a hoax showing a Trieste cement factory. Gareng allegedly received over 2000 dollars from each network. purchase price was 20000 dollars.
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Rome
U.S
Chernobyl
ABC
NBC
Trieste
Thomas Geng
RAI
Eurovision
ANSA
Gareng
New York
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District 25
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World News Tonight
Peter Jen
Clemson University Extension Service
American Camping Association
Camp Long
Aiken
S.C
Aiken County Extension Office
Aiken County Agricultural Services Center
Aiken County Extension Service
Aike
GI Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service
Cold Creek Nurseries
Hitchcock Parkway
Aiken S
Vidalia
Bell Peppers
Soc
Aiken High School
Carolyn Pridgen
Zelda Clayton
Sandra Evans
Heritage
Shell Motor Oil
Jergen’s Soap
Wwe
Barreca
AJAX
Jen Price
Eeneare
Ee En Cael
Oxfords
University Parkway
Whiskey Rd
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