State House debates health care cuts in budget fix
South Carolina lawmakers push cuts to AIDS treatment cancer screenings and rural hospital grants to cover court and Highway Patrol costs. Democrats decry the plan saying the poor would bear the burden while high level spending was protected.
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House of Representatives
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Orangeburg Democrat
Ways and Means Committee
Dan Cooper
Mark Sanford
Cooper
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Senate
Sue Berkowitz
Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Department of Social Services
Budget plan tightens Medicaid drugs and adds state cuts
The proposal caps Medicaid prescriptions at three drugs saving 10.7 million in the coming fiscal year while seniors lose 2.7 million in assistance. It ends new enrollments for children above 150 percent of poverty, shifting 1.7 million in savings, mostly to courts. DPS and Natural Resources gain funds as the House adds 3.5 million.
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House
Harry Ott
St. Matthews
Cooper
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SLED opens permanent Walterboro office to curb coastal violence
South Carolina law enforcement opens a permanent Colleton County office in Walterboro. SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd and local officers attend an open house as Attorney William Nettles pledges more anti violent resources. The county near Charleston has faced drive by shootings including a toddler death and a later hand and head wound, with ministers distributing Walmart gift cards for surrendered guns.
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Walterboro
South Carolina
SLED
Reggie Lloyd
Colleton County
William Nettles
Charleston
Walmart
Listings from Doris C Gravat Detention Center May 18
May 18 bookings list at Doris C Gravat Detention Center shows arrestees including Alex Gilchrist 22 facing false information and bench warrant, Christopher Pray 39 DUI and failure to appear, Dwight Flake 21 DUI open container, and others with charges such as domestic violence, fraud, assault, weapons, or traffic offenses. Official site www.aikenstandard.com Crime tab.
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Doris C. Gravat
Aikenstandard.com
Alex Gilchrist
Christopher Teral Pray
Robert Anthony Wiles
David Zaccheus Moyer
Lewis Brenson Haggins
William Matthew Canady
John Michael Hartless Jr
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