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Haiti President Rene Preval met with President Barack Obama and Congress this week to discuss Haiti’s most-pressing needs. Relief workers and U.S. government officials say that Haiti is far from recovered after an earthquake January 12 crumbled the country’s infrastructure. The Haitian government estimates that 230,000 died because of the disaster.

Students on road to Cange

A team of Clemson University civil engineering students are working in that troubled island over the next week.  They will be working in Cange, a remote village two hours from Port-au-Prince.They are prepared for that they might face because they were helping Haiti before the quake hit.

Adam Delk is a graduate  student and we talked to him Friday about the trip made by Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries.

(Adam Delk explains their long-term work in Cange MP3 2:47)

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SC voters to decide union voting regulation (Audio)

by Ashley Byrd 03/12/10 5:14 PM

The General Assembly has passed a measure to protect secret balloting for workers in elections for union representation. The House and Senate moved the bill through this week and it will be on the statewide ballot  in the next general election.
Pickens Senator Larry Martin says if this measure becomes a constitutional amendment it will send a strong economic [...]

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SC Senate debates tax breaks for retail (Audio)

by Ashley Byrd 03/12/10 12:10 AM

Debate in the Senate this week centered around a new shopping center. Jasper County wants to offer state tax breaks for the Sembler Company to build a retail mall. Read bill
Jasper Senator Clementa Pinckney’s argument: what’s good for Boeing and other manufacturing companies is good for large scale commercial development. His area needs the jobs, [...]

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SC’s fallen soldiers honored, another name added today (Audio)

by Ashley Byrd 03/10/10 1:56 PM

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a South Carolina soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Sgt. Aaron M. Arthur, 25, of Lake City, died March 8 north of Al Kut, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, attached to the First Battalion, 10th Field Artillery [...]

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SC Education Lottery has funded $1.5 million in gambling addiction services

by Ashley Byrd 03/10/10 12:05 PM

On the same production set used to announce  game winners, South Carolina Education Lottery officials Tuesday announced its continued campaign to counter the negative effects of gambling. The SC Lottery—via the legislature– has transferred more than $1.5 million to treat gambling addictions. Lottery Director Paula Harper Bethea says, “We take seriously our responsibility for this [...]

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