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SC credit counseling law nets largest refund from out-of-state firm

by Tom Hayes 03/9/10 1:45 PM

Calling it a great win for South Carolina consumers, South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs Administrator Brandolyn Pinkston announced that a California-based company has voluntarily agreed to give full refunds to 363 South Carolina customers because it failed to conduct business under the provisions of the South Carolina Consumer Credit Act. In total, Freedom Financial [...]

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National poll: No clear leader of the pack for governor (Audio)

by Ashley Byrd 03/9/10 1:41 PM

It’s three months from the governor’s race primaries and South Carolinians who are likely to take interest in the primary are not taking keen interest yet.
That’s according to national non-partisan pollster Scott Rasmussen, who Monday and Tuesday released new numbers on both Democrats and Republicans running for South Carolina governor.
Rasmussen says polling for both the [...]

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SC educator joins superintendent race

by Michael Brown 03/9/10 12:54 PM

A former Dean of South Carolina State University launched his bid for South Carolina Superintendent of Education Tuesday. Tom Thompson says he has a message he wants to get across: “If we in the public education system do the job that we are suppose to do with young people, then there will be no need [...]

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Malloy: Prison system needs a balance to save money

by Michael Brown 03/9/10 12:07 PM

In Senate subcommittee this week, legislators are holding hearings to fine-tune their ideas about prison sentencing reform. Chairman of the bi-partisan Sentencing Reform Commission Gerald Malloy says one topic up for discussion is how the state is incarcerating inmates without much thought of how much it cost to house them.
“We cannot build ourselves out of [...]

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H1N1 virus quiet but not gone (Audio)

by Ashley Byrd 03/9/10 8:33 AM

It’s been almost a year since the state’s first outbreak of the H1N1 virus and in late winter the numbers are down in South Carolina.
But this novel strain of the flu has not gone away. State epidemiologist Jerry Gibson says because it is new, it is less predictable. But he is certain that it will resurge, but [...]

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