State Board Approves Merit Pay In South Carolina
The Budget and Control Board approves performance raises averaging 5 percent for agency heads and a rise in health insurance premiums for state workers. The top earners include University of South Carolina President James Holderman, MUSC President James Edwards, and Clemson President Max Lennon, with Dec. 1 effective dates.
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Columbia
Budget and Control Board
Robert McLellan
Executive Salary and
Vate
McLellan
D-Oconee
South Carolina
Commission
University of South Carolina
James B. Holderman
James B. Edwards
The
Medical University of South Carolina
Max Lennon
Clemson University
USC
Holderman
Edwards
Lennon
Southern progress depends on changing attitudes says Kentucky governor
Governor Martha Layne Collins told a Southern Growth Policies Board session that a reactionary Southern mindset blocks growth. She cited a 1986 commission report as a roadmap and urged regional leaders to replace that mindset with action and optimism.
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Little Rock
Kentucky
Martha Layne Collins
Southern Growth Policies Board
Commission
Newberry Woman Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation
Dawn Marie Baxter, 30, charged with four counts of murder and arson for a house fire that killed her four children, was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation after she appeared unresponsive during arraignment. She was hospitalized and later taken to a psychiatric facility in Columbia for assessment.
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Newberry
Dawn Marie Baxter
J.O. Zobel
Zobel
E.C. Burnett III
Baxter
William S. Hall
Columbia
Newberry County
Coleman Bishop
Douglas Gallows May Face Local Referendum
In Douglas Wyoming a replica Old West gallows built for the centennial by local residents may be torn down after complaints about the town image. The Wild Bunch group attempted to dismantle it but townspeople resisted, with council members hearing parental concerns and considering a newspaper ballot to let residents vote on the fate.
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Douglas
Wyo
The
Wild Bunch
Peter Mike Curtin
Curtin
Butch Cassidy
Mac Payne
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Andrew Shealy
Lg Heritage Square
J.B. White
Steve Park
Peter Mike Curtain
Centennial
Douglas Gallows
Heritage
B. C
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Aiken
Monthru
Sun
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