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Friday, July 10, 2009

Flames from the Governor Mark Sanford controversy have died down. A rally calling for Sanford’s impeachment at the statehouse Thursday was attended by less than 80 people. Most Democrats and Republicans have stopped commenting on the issue. Governor Sanford has said that he has no intention of resigning. But it’s never-the-less important to understand the process of impeachment.If Sanford would resign or be removed from office, the Lt. Governor would take the Governor’s seat for the remainder of his term. But the proceedings leading up to that would be time-consuming, according to Dr. James Underwood, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the USC Law School. [click to continue…]

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Summit to focus on state’s energy future

by Tom Hayes 07/10/09 3:55 PM

Frank discussions about the state’s energy future will be featured during the 2009 South Carolina Energy Summit at Columbia’s Metropolitan Convention Center Monday. The summit is being sponsored by the South Carolina Minority Business Enterprise Center. Representatives from the fields of Engineering, Business, Industry, Education and Government will be on hand for the day long [...]

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Smart leaves 4th Dist. race

by William Christopher 07/10/09 2:51 PM

There is now one less candidate in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional district race. Greenville county businessman Andrew Smart announced he is dropping out of the race and throwing his support to Spartanburg county solicitor Trey Gowdy.
“I got in this race to make a difference,” said Smart.  “It wasn’t going to be about [...]

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Death Penalty sought in shooting of eight year old

by Tom Hayes 07/10/09 1:34 PM

Spartanburg County 7th Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy is seeking the death penalty for a suspect in the killing of an eight year old girl at a Chesnee home Wednesday. 50 year old Ricky Lee Blackwell was served the notice in the hospital where he is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach. Investigators says [...]

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Inglis outraged with Obama

by Eric Guimaraes 07/10/09 1:30 PM

Back in October of 2008, the Bush Administration revised the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as part of the $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial system. Now the Obama Administration wants to use interest accrued by banking repayment of TARP to create nrew government programs for homeowners. This has outraged U.S. Representative Bob Inglis [...]

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