Sanford outlines priorities for next legislative session
Gov. Mark Sanford announced 16 priority items for the upcoming session including income tax relief government restructuring school choice and tort reform He blamed Senate rules for blocking much of the agenda and urged rule changes Glenn McConnell Sen John Corson and House leaders commented on needed reforms The plan may be narrowed and adjusted to gain passage with education funding a contested issue due to opposition from Democrats and concerns over school choice vouchers
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Sanford
House
Senate
Glenn McConnell
State Budget and Control Board
Smith
Ethics panel finds no ethics violation in Hunley funding
Charleston debate over using tax funds to pay Hunley preservation bills ends with ethics commission ruling no violation. McConnell defends process while critics say lawmakers influence funding. Hunley project has drawn over nine million dollars from state and federal sources.
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Ethics Commission
Charleston
State Ethics Commission
H.L. Hunley
Justin Kahn
Glenn McConnell
McConnell
South Carolina
Hunley Commission
Kahn
Hunley Project
State House
John Hazzard
Friends of the Hunley
Columbia
Richard Quinn
Sab
Hunley
Budk and Control Board
City Wins Victory Over Adult Video Store in Charleston
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld Charleston’s 1999 ordinance forcing C&C Video, now Videos and Beyond, to exit the West Ashley neighborhood or relocate. Mayor Riley praised the ruling while store attorney Goldstein said the business may pursue further legal options.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
High Court
C&c
West Ashley
Leonard Higgins
Mayville-Ashleyville
Joseph P. Riley Jr
Thomas Goldstein
Videos and Beyond
Three charged in 1978 Columbia double slayings
Richland County Sheriff says three men from Columbia and North Charleston have been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping in the strangulation deaths of Patricia Gilmore and her 2-year-old son Tyrone. The suspects were identified after cold case review led to arrests.
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Donald Jenkins
Danny Lee Daniels
Leroy Nolan
North Charleston
Richland County
Leon Lott
Patricia
Pat” Gilmore
Walnut Street
Tyrone Gilmore
Cold Case
Lott
David Bell
Pat Gilmore
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