Ten Commandments in Schools Sparks Funding Critique
SC voters critique state lawmakers push to display Ten Commandments in schools while denying districts necessary operating funds. Critics say optional display, even as part of history, aims to sidestep the establishment clause and ignores need to fully fund education. Hypocrisy charge cited as children must read before appreciating laws.
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United States
Alexis de Tocqueville
America
Russia
Germany
France
Soviet Union
Tocqueville
New World
House bill aims to curb government growth in pay bill
The House passes spending limits to prevent fiscal crises. The General Assembly has overextended funds, sometimes spending beyond available money. The bill would restrain lawmakers in good times and ease future budget pressures. Spartanburg Herald Journal.
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House
General Assembly
Spartanburg
Herald Journal
Aiken Standard Personnel Listing Oddities
A garbled byline lists Scott B. Hunter as publisher and Jeffrey B. Wallace as editor with fragmented designations for other staff including Arthur Zappa and Ellen Priest. The text also references Vonage and Timothy E. O’Brian in unclear roles amid a jumble of names and titles.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
New faces brighten up our news room this summer
The paper welcomes Bethany Fuller and Katey Rich as summer interns from USC Aiken and Wesleyan University. Bethany is a rising senior and SCPA Foundation winner. Katey just finished her freshman year and has shown strong journalistic interest since high school.
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Bethany Fuller
Katey Rich
Bethany
South Carolina Press Association Foundation
USC Aiken
Katey
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Kennedy Junior High School
EPA resignation ends Whitman’s stormy tenure
The Toledo Blade notes Christine Todd Whitman will resign as EPA chief effective June 27 after more than two years in a role hampered by White House interference. Sen. Jeffords praised her effort amid hostile administration stance on environmental policy.
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Christine Todd Whitman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Whitman
New Jersey
Ms. Whitman
James Jeffords
Vermont
Federal anti spam laws urged by lawmakers
The Gainesville Sun reports legislators push federal anti spam measures to curb unwanted e mail. They describe spam as a flood of unsolicited pornographic and fraudulent ads that drains productivity, burdens government and business systems, and degrades the Internet age.
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Gainesville
Fla.) Sun
Protecting seniors through elder service officers
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser notes that about 2 million older Americans are crime victims yearly and calls for targeted protection. It highlights 189 elder service officers across 54 Louisiana parishes trained to guard seniors and improve communication as the population ages.
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Louisiana
Corps of Elder Services
Lafayette
Daily ‘Advertiser
Centralized education plan provokes US debate on schooling
Dr Christina Jeffrey argues against the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act S462 advocating job focused curricula from elementary through high school. She contrasts centralized Prussian models with Tocqueville praised decentralized American schooling, warning that indoctrination into work tracks harms citizenship and freedom.
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South Carolina
Senate
Washington
NEA
Hess
Educrats
Tocqueville
America
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Sue
Simen
EPA
Toledo, Ohio
Christina Jeffrey Wias
James Henry Carlisle
Wofford College
Auschwitz
Christina Jeffrey
House of Representatives
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Greenville
Troy State University
Atlanta
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