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Voices from the Statehouse (Audio)

by William Christopher on March 12, 2010

in Legislature, News

William Christopher looks at this past week in the South Carolina legislature.   House budget staff are working through the weekend, taking last-minute requests from lawmakers preparing for next week’s budget debate that begins at 1 p.m. Monday.

(Voices from the Statehouse  MP3  1:45)

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(This is a regular feature of SCRN political coverage)

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First black woman elected to SC Statehouse to be laid to rest (Audio)

by William Christopher 03/12/10 4:59 AM

Funeral services will be held in Rock Hill today for Juanita Goggins, the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature, in 1974.
The 75-year-old froze to death living alone in a rented house just a few miles from the Statehouse where she made history. Her body wasn’t found for a week after her death [...]

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Committee On Aging says it will protect home care (Audio) (UPDATED FRI.)

by William Christopher 03/12/10 4:58 AM

The Joint Legislative Committee On Aging voted unanimously Thursday to protect a program that supplies food and home care for more than 5,000 home-bound elderly South Carolinians.
Horry County Senator Yancey McGill says the Committee wants the Community-Based Care program budget to remain at $2.9 million, even though the House budget proposal has cut it almost [...]

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US House Republicans support ban on earmarks

by William Christopher 03/11/10 8:35 PM

Republicans hoping to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to support an across-the-board, one-year ban on earmarks.  Among those in favor of the moratorium was Representative Bob Inglis.
“This is an opportunity to correct a mistake of our past majority.  People at home understand that when you have only enough money to cover entitlement [...]

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BEA pauses for more info on ESC issues

by William Christopher 03/11/10 5:38 PM

 The South Carolina Board of Economic Advisers met Thursday afternoon but decided not to change the state’s revenue projections–for this month. Board Chairman John Rainey says the board wants to see what happens concerning the Employment Security Commission in upcoming weeks, as state lawmakers debate changes at the agency and try to implement reforms. Lawmakers [...]

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