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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Military leaders meet with Sanford

by William Christopher on June 16, 2009

in Military, News

On only one day of the year will you find so many military commanders together in one room in South Carolina. Once a year the governor calls the various base commanders together for a briefing, so they can brief HIM on important issues. That meeting was held Tuesday. [click to continue…]

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Payday lending veto overriden

by William Christopher 06/16/09 8:06 PM

State lawmakers have overridden the governor’s veto of stricter regulations for payday lenders. The vote was 105-4 in the House, 39-3 in the Senate, after the General Assembly returned to the statehouse to deal with vetoes.
Before a vote on the bill was taken on the Senate floor a month ago, Darlington Democrat Gerald Malloy held [...]

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TRAC (Tax Realignment Commission) on track to begin

by Ashley Byrd 06/16/09 6:50 PM

A plan to scrutinize the state’s tax structure has made it through a House-Senate conference committee and passed the Senate.
Lexington Senator Nikki Setzler announced the progress in the Senate Tuesday:
“We bring you a unanimous conference committee report signed by all six members, which is a combination of a House bill and a Senate bill that [...]

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State Ports Authority to be restructured

by Ashley Byrd 06/16/09 5:47 PM

The South Carolina Senate has overridden Governor Mark Sanford’s veto of a bill to restructure the State Ports Authority. The most contentious feature of the new statute is that the governor is now prevented from firing state  Ports Authority Members–at will. It also mandates that members of the ports board have certain business or industry-based [...]

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Challenge in Arkansas awaits Passailaigue

by Tom Hayes 06/16/09 3:13 PM

The South Carolina Education Lottery Board of Commissioners is gearing up to find a new leader. Earlier this month Lottery Executive Director Ernie Passailaigue was tabbed to be the point man to start up a new state lottery in Arkansas. For his move, Passailaigue will be receiving a hefty bump in salary. Arkansas lawmakers last [...]

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