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Research university
deregulation approved by House
The state House adopted, 84-10, a bill
that will decrease state regulations and provide funds for public-private research
partnerships. Greenville
News, The
State SC Jewish population could affect primaries
Although
South Carolina's Jewish history isn't as well known as Strom Thurmond or the state's
military bases, its Jewish population -- nearly double that of Iowa and slightly
more than New Hampshire -- could present a problem for the Democratic presidential
primary next February. NY
Times/AP, * WCIV-TV/AP Plan
for fetus statue being altered
After deciding that the approach is too
graphic for an antiabortion monument, supporters are shying away from an effort
to place a 6-foot statue of an unborn fetus on State House grounds. The
State, WYFF-TV
Sanford's
initiatives still preliminary
It's been 100 days since Mark Sanford became
South Carolina's governor and not much has changed but House Speaker David Wilkins,
R-Greenville says, "We have to judge him by four years, not the first 30
days, not the first 100 days." The
State * Plan to garnish
child support of incarcerated kids OKed
The parents of nearly 400 children
incarcerated in the state's juvenile justice facilities will see their court-collected
child support payments significantly reduced under a budget proposal approved
last week by the Senate Finance Committee. Rock
Hill Herald Wilkins will vote for, but not
push, MLK holiday
House Speaker David Wilkins said Wednesday he
will vote for, but won't push other House members to support, a bill that would
require counties to observe a formal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Greenville
News
Group wants to investigate bribery charge
A government watchdog
group is requesting an investigation after state Rep. Shirley Hinson says she
was offered a bribe to support legislation that would reform medical malpractice
lawsuits. The
State, * WCIV-TV
Beaufort Marines remember one of their own
Armando
Ariel Gonzalez, 25, a motor vehicle operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron
273, was killed in a non-combat-related accident last week in Southern Iraq while
deployed with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Beaufort
Gazette, Hilton
Head Island Packet, Carolina
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Alliance braces for budget woes
A decrease in corporate contributions
to the nonprofit world along with government budget woes have put pressure on
the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, the public-private partnership that
works to attract jobs to the region. Post
and Courier * No money set aside for
Anderson airport
For the first time in the Anderson County Airport history,
county officials are projecting that none of the $88 million budget will be used
to subsidize the facility’s operations. Anderson
Independent-Mail * Michelin reports
low sales figures
Michelin Group says the depreciation of the dollar contributed
to its nearly $200 million decrease is net sales in the first quarter of 2003
in its financial report that was released Wednesday. Anderson
Independent-Mail
Attorneys for Carolina Investors looking to
extend deadline
Attorneys for Carolina Investors Inc. say they need an
extra 15 days to prepare the preliminary financial documents required to file
in the Chapter 11 protection case the company filed in US Bankruptcy Court on
April 9. Greenville
News * Kemet Corp. reports $3.6 million
loss. Orangeburg
Times and Democrat BellSouth experiences quarterly
slide
Revenue fell 0.2 percent to $5.52 billion. The
State, NY
Times/AP, * Post
and Courier/AP *
ArvinMeritor donates $32,000
Nearly a dozen organizations, most located
between Marion and Mullins, received checks Wednesday from ArvinMeritor, a Michigan-based
manufacturer of automobile components that employs 700 people at its Marion County
facility. Florence
Morning News Ramas planning new commercial
development
The next project that hoteliers H.P. Rama and brothers
are planning for Greenville is a retail and office complex for nearly 12 acres
they've parceled together near two of their existing 31 hotels. Greenville
News
Bowater finishes conversion of paper machinery
At
its mill located in Catawba Greenville-based Bowater Inc., currently North America's
second-largest producer of newsprint, has become the continent's second-largest
maker of the types of paper used in magazines and catalogs. Greenville
News Columbia
music venue reopens After a day of wrangling with the landlord because
of unpaid rent, operators of the Columbia music club Senate Park removed the boards
from the doors Wednesday night and reopened for business. The
State Columbia
job fair attracts 6,000
Approximately 6,000 job seekers of all ages and
backgrounds attended the Spring Employment Expo 2003 in Columbia. The
State * Seminar to focus on business
growth
The Upstate Coalition for Entrepreneurial Development will pay attention
to business growth at a free workshop for prospective and current entrepreneurs.
Anderson
Independent-Mail Spartanburg developer behind on taxes
A
Spartanburg developer is a partner in corporations that owe nearly $125,000 in
property taxes in Darlington County. Spartanburg
Herald-Journal * Woman sells home in
age-restricted community
Annette Kudersfound a buyer for her home in Jensen's
Residential Communities in Garden City two weeks past a deadline the community's
developers gave her to leave because she's too young. Myrtle
Beach Sun News * Pickens development
group moves
The speed of economic development in Pickens County, already
fast thanks to new direction from its executive director and an almost complete
industrial park, is getting another boost in the form of a new office for the
county’s business recruitment group. Anderson
Independent-Mail * Starflo of Clarendon
expanding for the third time. *
Manning Times, Orangeburg
Times and Democrat/AP
Students visualize
consequences of drunk driving
Greenville County coroner Parks Evans brought
photos to Furman University on Wednesday during the last Students Against Drunk
Driving meeting to show what can happen when a night of drinking and partying
turns deadly. Greenville
News Jasper
searches for teacher candidates
Fourteen teacher candidates from out-of-state
will visit Jasper County for a second round of interviews, according to Superintendent
William Singleton. The
State/AP, Beaufort
Gazette
Beaufort looks
at teaching flaws Beaufort County educators may be becoming less effective,
according to a survey of teachers and administrators in the Beaufort County School
District. Beaufort
Gazette, Hilton
Head Island Packet
Mauldin
seeking environmental titleMauldin's newly established
Tree City USA Board is planting a Dogwood tree outside City Hall as part of an
Arbor Day celebration, and in an effort to obtain the distinction of being a Tree
City USA, City Administrator Russell Treadway said. Greenville
News
*
Cancer center director steps down
Citing budgetary and other reasons,
Dr. Carolyn Reed has stepped down as director of the Medical University of South
Carolina's Hollings Cancer Center, effective at the end of the year. Post
and Courier * Abbeville hospital plan
in good condition
Nearly six months after county residents rejected a referendum
for a new Abbeville County Memorial Hospital, officials are moving forward with
plans to build the facility. Greenwood
Index-Journal * Old nursing school may
have new future
The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties
Board of Trustees Tuesday unanimously passed the drafting of a resolution to enter
into a property transfer process with Citizens Against Sexual Assault and the
Family Health Center. Orangeburg
Times and Democrat
Program hopes to ease
nursing shortage
A program in the Upstate counties hopes to the
number of nursing graduates from two Spartanburg County schools. WYFF-TV,
Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
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* Section of bridge to close
The Silas
N. Pearman bridge between Charleston and Mount Pleasant will close tonight while
contractors construct the new Cooper River bridge over it, state transportation
officials reported Wednesday. Post
and Courier * Aiken Senators oppose
millage jump
Aiken County property owners should not have to compensate
for the entire burden of a $12.5 million shortfall in public school revenue caused
by the state budget crisis. Augusta
Chronicle
Increase in restaurant tax in store for Columbia
Columbia
City Council on Wednesday adopted a two percentage point tax on prepared food
and beverages. The
State, * Columbia
Free Times Greenville developer dies
at 85
Robert Earle "Red" Hughes died Wednesday. He ignited the
building boom around Greenville in the 1960s, helped create the state's technical
education system and worked to promote local institutions and causes he believed
in. Greenville
News Beaufort cuts cost-of- living raises
Beaufort County's
1,100 employees won't not receive a cost-of-living raise next year under a budget
plan county officials have prepared. Beaufort
Gazette, Hilton
Head Island Packet
Council OKs purchase of Vista land
Columbia City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to purchase the Vista property
where Damon's restaurant resides in order to make room for a new city-owned convention
center hotel. The
State * Horry County Council chairman
candidates making their rounds
Candidates for Horry County Council chairman
are speaking before civic groups and party clubs since candidate filing has opened.
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Clemson tackles parking
situation
Several street changes are in the future for motorists in Clemson
due to work on the city's downtown parking deck. Greenville
News Laurens to increase 911 surcharge
County residents with
phone service will soon be paying an extra nickel, raising the charge from 95
cents to $1, each month for the county's 911 system. Greenville
News
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teach painful lesson
"The Carolina Investors saga is a painful lesson
in the inherent risk of securities investment for the 8,000 investors who collectively
lost $275 million, and for the Upstate at large. It is also cause to examine both
the claims and the disclosures investment companies make. This state must increase
protection for small investors." Greenville
News
Legislature should not assume new role in holiday business
"The Legislature should resist strong-arm tactics to force duly elected local
councils to adopt local measures good for their communities. If the Legislature
crosses this threshold, it will find it impossible to stop with this one seemingly
innocent act of meddling." Greenville
News State agencies use taxpayer money to lobby
"Various
agencies and departments of South Carolina government spend about $1.9 million
each year on lobbyists. That's taxpayers' money they're spending -- your money."
Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
Patriotism includes taking part in community
"In time of war, Americans define patriots as those who serve and support
their country. Patriots, too, participate in national and local elections. The
right to determine how the nation and communities are governed and taxed were
among the reasons for the American Revolution." Beaufort
Gazette
Test US 278 traffic on Saturday
"Beaufort
County will soon put new traffic management tools to the test on US 278, and it
won't take long to get the grade back." Hilton
Head Island Packet
Loss of Marine affects Upstate
"Wars
are costly -- in lives, resources and some of the finest people a nation has to
offer. The Spartanburg community learned of its loss last Sunday when the word
reached the Upstate that Pvt. Nolen Ryan Hutchings had been killed in action."
Hilton
Head Island Packet Beaufort Board of Education playing with budget
"The
Beaufort County Council, which ultimately OK's the school board budget each year,
let it be known months ago that in these tough economic times, the school board
should do everything possible to keep the numbers down. It even spelled it out:
Use last year's budget numbers with allowances only for inflation and student
increases." Carolina
Morning News * Sanford should collect
all available federal money
"It's amazing and heartening how a stint
as head of a cash-strapped state has transformed Gov. Mark Sanford's attitude
about federal pork. Flanked Tuesday by three Republican members of Congress and
Democratic State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum, Sanford announced
that the state has scored a federal Reading First grant of at least $28 million.
The setting: a Columbia elementary school. It was a feel-good moment." Myrtle
Beach Sun News * Horry County very generous
"The
2002 United Way of Horry County campaign raised $1.33 million, almost all the
money organizers had sought. The agency now is preparing to allocate the money
collected to charitable organizations around the county. This year, nonprofits
that feed, clothe and shelter the needy will have top priority." Myrtle
Beach Sun News * Hinson should be prepared
to back accusations
"Rep. Shirley Hinson, who took the House floor
on Tuesday to charge a Statehouse lobbying group with offering her a bribe, should
be prepared to back up her accusations with the name of the individual who allegedly
relayed the offer. There are laws against bribery, and any wrongdoers deserve
to be appropriately punished." Post
and Courier * Education must be funded,
with or without tax
"What’s going to happen to schools in South
Carolina, including Greenwood and the whole Lakelands area, if budget problems
keep limiting their ability to educate our children? After all, that’s the
primary task. That should take precedence over everything else." Greenwood
Index-Journal * MLK Day should be standard
"York
County may have little time to declare Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an official
county holiday before the state forces it to do so. We think county officials
should take the initiative and change its policy while it can." Rock
Hill Herald * 2 a.m. a reasonable quitting
time
"If people can't get enough to drink at the bar by 2 a.m., they
need to reconsider their lifestyles. York County officials, we think, are entirely
justified in setting restrictions for bars and taverns." Rock
Hill Herald * Moredock: Charleston is
not Myrtle Beach
"By the time you read this, the first Heritage Motorcycle
Rally will be over and it will be time to review and evaluate. But at 10:30 on
Thursday night, a few Harleys are still rolling down Rutledge Avenue from I-26,
arriving for the big weekend. Apparently these bastards do not know our City Council
just passed an ordinance against revving engines in the city. Or maybe they just
don’t give a damn. With these people it’s hard to tell." Charleston
City Paper
* Russ: Rudeness on the
rise in Myrtle Beach
"The statement is sometimes made: "It can
only happen at Myrtle Beach." Is this a reference to a particular happening?
It may be that the unusual becomes the usual and the usual becomes the unusual.
In observing lifestyles, activities, behaviors, etc., a little light might be
shed on the question." Myrtle
Beach Sun News * Yellow ribbons fading
"The
yellow ribbons are out, awaiting the return of U.S. soldiers from Iraq -- and
elsewhere. As the days pass, the ribbons will fade. As long as war dominated the
front pages and cable networks provided coverage of nothing but, America was at
attention. The well-being of soldiers remained a high priority. Will public focus
fade, too?" Orangeburg
Times and Democrat Bequette: Beaufort School Board could cut costs
"According
to the Beaufort County school administration, they will need to cut just over
$2.1 million from the budget in order to meet the "maintenance level"
budget demanded by the Beaufort County Council." Carolina
Morning News
Chapelle: Lake Murray experiencing corrosion
"Lots
of people with boats on the lake have noticed aluminum corrosion problems in recent
years. There have been reports of corrosion pits on aluminum pontoons, propellers
and boat hulls. The most widely circulated theory is that the copper-based herbicides
used to kill weeds on the lake were also causing corrosion. Because different
metals (copper and aluminum) have different electrochemical potentials, they can
spontaneously transfer electrons from one to another, which in turn causes corrosion.
(That, incidentally, is how batteries work.)" The
State Scoppe: Reform comes at a price
"In some ways,
it is refreshing to hear Mr. Sanford acknowledge that. If he has stumbled in his
first months in office, it has been by refusing to yield to the realities of politics.
At the same time, though, there is something refreshing about a governor who is
willing to fight for what he believes in, even when the odds are against him."
The
State Flint: Holiday decision produces positive results
"There is a bright spot in the recent Martin Luther King holiday issue before
county council — many individuals and groups doing good work in this community
came together. It is unfortunate that a majority of Greenville County Council
did not join in." Greenville
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