Aiken Standard Founder and Editorial Leaders Named
The Aiken Standard marks its 1867 founding with a note on publisher Ellen Priest and editors Michael Smith Holly Kemp and a Thought of the Day attributed to Isaiah Berlin. The item highlights the paper's leadership lineage and a quoted reform philosophy.
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Ellen Priest
Michael Smith
Holly Kemp
Kathleen Parker
Aiken Standard
Editorial argues private backing strengthens stadium projects
The piece supports Project Jackson in North Augusta a $221 million mixed use plan with $61 million public investment and $160 million private funding. It argues private backing spurs development and warns against heavy public subsidies citing Greenville Charleston Myrtle Beach Columbia as benchmarks and notes legal cost and a lengthy timeline.
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North Augusta
Project Jackson
S.C. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Greenville
Knox White
Fluor Field
Charleston
Joseph P. Riley
TicketReturn.com
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Myrtle Beach
Horry County
Broadway At the Beach
Broadway
Park
Columbia
Spirit Communications Park
Columnist condemns GOP voter suppression schemes
The columnist denounces Republican voter ID laws as disenfranchisement of African Americans and other minorities. Citing North Carolina and other states, the piece cites emails and court rulings that found discriminatory intent and notes federal courts blocked measures. calls for minority turnout to counter barriers.
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Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Mitt Romney
North Carolina
Washington Post
Post
William Wan
Wan
Election Board
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Pat McCrory
Supreme Court
Texas
Wisconsin
Kansas
North Dakota
GOP
Justice Department
State Senate
Letters to the Editor on election bias and policy outcomes
A reader criticizes D C political elites and federal policy on commerce energy and education arguing centralization harms producers and taxpayers. He contrasts past administrations and calls for unbiased reporting and plain speaking from the press about candidates Trump and Clinton.
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Washington D.C
Department of Commerce
Harry Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Jimmy Carter
Department of Energy
House
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Department of Education
Gates Foundation
Feds
MIT
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Ussr
John M. Keynes
U.K
Paul Krugman
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