Spratt seeks balance on health care reform stance
U S Representative John Spratt of South Carolina campaigns during the congressional recess to explain Democratic health care reform while stressing independence from party lines. He hosts town halls in Rock Hill and Sumter, acknowledging voter fears on government involvement and the cost of care.
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John Spratt
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Sumter
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United Health Foundation
David Rohde
Duke University
Town Hall
Michael Weidensee
D-S.c
State panel orders 4 percent across the board budget cuts
The five member Budget and Control Board trims 200.5 million from a 5.7 billion plan as South Carolina grapples with lagging tax collections and a recession. Education loses 85 million while Corrections and Juvenile Justice face multi million decreases in a tough year ahead. The panel also allows the Comptroller General to raid 98 million in idle agency cash to cover year end deficits.
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South Carolina
Financial Oversight Board
Mark Sanford
State Budget and Control Board
Sanford
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Leatherman
Richard Eckstrom
Eckstrom
South Carolina Education Chief Rex won't seek re election
South Carolina Education Superintendent Jim Rex announced he will not run for re election next year. He has been weighing a bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2010 and plans a decision soon. Aiken Superintendent Beth Everitt praised his tenure.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Jim Rex
Rex
Zeke Stokes
Aiken
Beth Everitt
Former leader disputes letter on travel perks
Former state economic development head J. Mac Holladay says a letter seeking permission to fly with his boss on higher priced seats was not meant to extend such benefits to governors. He argues the State Development Board operates independently from a Cabinet agency now run by the Commerce Department. A handwritten 1987 note is cited suggesting prior comptroller approval for governors to fly business class despite lowest-cost travel rules. Holladay notes his concern was over multi leg flights to Korea.
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