South Carolina Universities Awarded Over $4 Million in Grants
June 18, 2010WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced $926,373 in grants for the Medical University of South Carolina and $3,124,876 in grants for the University of South Carolina. …
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Landmark Ruling by South Carolina Supreme Court to Impact Taxpayers Nationwide Ruling Reverses Corporate Tax Reporting Policy – Addresses Need for Fair Tax Relief
June 18, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – June 18, 2010 – On June 14, 2010, the SouthCarolina Supreme Court issued a landmark decision regarding methods ataxpayer may request to fairly reflect its business activities…
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PORTION OF ASHLEY AVENUE SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED
June 13, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – June 15, 2010 – Zach Movie, LLC is working with the Westside Neighborhood Association and the City of Charleston to film scenes for the feature film…
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City of Charleston Enhances Citizen Service
June 13, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – June 13, 2010 – Beginning June 1, 2010, citizens and guests of the City of Charleston have a new online resource available for asking questions or requesting…
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South Carolina’s financial reporting recognized for excellence
June 7, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – June 4, 2010 – The National Government FinanceOfficers Association has presented the S.C. Comptroller’s Office with aCertificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting,Comptroller Richard Eckstrom announced…
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CITY OF CHARLESTON & PARTNERS PROVIDE INFORMATION SESSION FOR GREEN BUSINESS CHALLENGE
June 5, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – June 5, 2010 – The City of Charleston, with new partners, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and Charleston County, along with several local non-profit organizations have…
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Tech Systems, Inc. Awarded $8.2 Million Contract for Fitting and Alterations of Military Uniforms at the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC Unseating an 86-Year Incumbent
May 31, 2010ALEXANDRIA, VA & PARRIS ISLAND, SC – May 26, 2010 – Tech Systems, Inc. was recently awarded the prestigious contract for the Fittings and Alterations of Military Uniforms for all…
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Keep Charleston Beautiful Receives $10,000 Community Improvement Grant from UPS Foundation
May 26, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – May 26, 2010 – Keep Charleston Beautiful hasbeen named as a recipient of a $10,000 community improvement grant fromThe UPS Foundation. Nationwide, 16 Keep America Beautiful (KAB)affiliates…
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Eckstrom: Thirty-five local governments now post individual spending details the Web
May 14, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – May 14, 2010 – Thirty-five local governments in SouthCarolina now post details about their individual expenditures on theInternet, state Comptroller Richard Eckstrom announced Thursday. Eckstrom, who in…
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City Manager Presents Proposed 2010-2011 Operating Budget
May 3, 2010Proposed budget maintains 20% reserve fund, with no increase in property taxes or business license fees GREENVILLE, SC – May 3, 2010 – Greenville City Manager Jim Bourey presented the…
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Lord Challenges DC Special Interest Targeting Boeing to Answer Questions and Debate
April 29, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – April 27, 2010 – Republican candidate for Attorney General Leighton Lord held a news conference Tuesday morning in Greenville to ask questions and to issue a challenge…
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Anti- Boeing Group Response to Lord Questions and Challenge: Silence & Quick Crawl Back Under the Rock
April 29, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – April 27, 2010 – Earlier today Republican candidate for Attorney General Leighton Lord held a news conference responding to the anti-Boeing ads that mention him being run…
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West Ashley Greenway Masterplan To Be Presented
April 29, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – April 29, 2010 – The City of Charleston will present the “West Ashley Greenway Masterplan 2009” to interested community members on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 6:30…
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Check out what’s blooming at the Greenville State Farmers Market
April 25, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – April 29th through May 2nd, 2010 – Looking for a wide variety ofplants to spruce up the yard this spring or planting a vegetable garden?Then make your…
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Weathers Announces Specialty Crops Grants Program
March 31, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – March 31, 2010 – Hugh E. Weathers, South CarolinaCommissioner of Agriculture, announces the Specialty Crops Grant Programfor institutions and groups that support specialty crops. Specialtycrops are defined…
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Pelosi Appoints Three House Democrats to President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
March 25, 2010WASHINGTON, DC – March 24, 2010 – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced that she has appointed three House Democrats to President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. This…
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Treasury and Education Announce 2010 School Bond Allocation
March 18, 2010The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Education announced $11 billion in funding today for low-cost bonds for school construction and acquisition of land. S.C. will receive $129 million and two school districts…
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HHS Awards $162 Million in Final Round of Federal Cooperative Agreement Awards to States to Advance the Use of Health Information Technology
March 18, 2010Final Awards of State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program work to build health information exchange infrastructure throughout the States The SC Department of Health and Human Services will be…
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Graham Displays South Carolina Student Art Exhibition
March 16, 2010WASHINGTON, DC – March 16, 2010 – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) recently welcomed representatives from the Columbia Museum of Art to his Washington office to help display works of…
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Richter launches multi-media campaign
March 12, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – March 12, 2010 – A Republican candidate for Lt. Governor is launching his campaign this week with a multi-media announcement, including an Internet blitz, a news media…
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Brent Nelsen Names Former Governor David Beasley to Statewide Leadership Team in his Bid to be the Next Superintendent of Education
March 10, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – March 10, 2010 – Brent Nelsen, republican candidate for state superintendent of education, named former Governor David Beasley as Co-Chairman of his campaign to succeed Jim Rex…
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Comptroller applauds Richland County for joining financial transparency initiative
February 24, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – February 24, 2010 – Richland County has become the 18th local government in South Carolina to begin putting its check register online under a transparency initiative spearheaded…
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New Report: $1 Cigarette Tax Increase Would Raise $209.4 Million for South Carolina and Cut Youth Smoking
February 13, 2010National Poll Finds Voters Prefer Tobacco Tax to Other Tax Increases, Budget Cuts WASHINGTON, DC – February 10, 2010 – Raising South Carolina’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack would bring…
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Mayoral Forum to Focus on Senior Issues
February 4, 2010COLUMBIA, SC- February 4, 2010 – Capital Senior Center, in partnership with BGTIME, will host a mayoral forum to discuss issues affecting seniors on Thursday, February, 18 at 6 pm. …
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Global issues discussion to focus on U.S. relationship with Canada
January 26, 2010CLEMSON, SC – January 25, 2010 – David H. Wilkins, the former United States ambassador to Canada who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for 25 years, is the…
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Andrew Bigony elected as President of SCPRA
January 12, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – January 12, 2010 – Andrew Bigony was elected as the President of the South Carolina Public Records Association (SCPRA). The South Carolina Public Records Association was organized…
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Total monthly revenue for December down 3.1 percent
January 11, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – January 11, 2010 – State revenues for December 2009 were down 3.1 percent compared with the previous December. Revenues for the state during December 2009 were $661,046,001,…
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Federal stimulus revenue tops $1 billion in SC
January 6, 2010COLUMBIA, SC – January 6, 2010 – South Carolina state agencies have received more than $1 billion in federal stimulus revenue, Comptroller Richard Eckstrom reported today. Here’s a breakdown: · Dept.…
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South Carolina Women to Recognize and Honor America’s Medal of Honor Recipients
January 4, 2010Luncheon will be attended by former first ladies and national celebrities COLUMBIA, SC – January 4, 2010 – Women Honoring Valor, an initiative aimed at recognizing and honoring America’s living…
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Senators Request Immediate Halt of 'Unwise and Ill-Considered' Yemeni Detainee Transfer
December 29, 2009WASHINGTON, DC – December 29, 2009 – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John McCain (R-Arizona), and Joe Lieberman (ID-Connecticut) today wrote to President Obama expressing their concern about the transfer…
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National Report Ranks South Carolina 44th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
December 9, 2009State Urged to Raise Cigarette Tax and Increase Funding for Tobacco Prevention WASHINGTON, DC – December 9, 2009 – South Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in funding programs to…
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Association Elects New Officers and a New Board Member for 2009-2010 at December Meeting
December 9, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – December 9, 2009 – On Tuesday, December 8, members of the Municipal Association board of directors elected new officers and a new board member for 2009-2010 because of…
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Municipal Association Elects New Officers and a New Board Member for 2009-2010 at December Meeting
December 9, 2009GREER, SC – December 9, 2009 – On Tuesday, December 8, members of the Municipal Association board of directors elected new officers and a new board member for 2009-2010 because…
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This Week's Healthy SC Challenge Tips
December 4, 2009First Family Encourages Healthy Changes in Nutrition, Exercise and Tobacco Use CHARLESTON, SC – December 4, 2009 – The Healthy SC Challenge is the Sanford family’s effort to persuade all…
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South Carolinian Dwight McInvaill Honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times 'I Love My Librarian Award'
December 3, 2009One of Ten Librarians Honored Nationally GEORGETOWN, SC – December 3, 2009 – South Carolina’s first winner of the I Love My Librarian Award presented annually by the Carnegie Corporation…
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Municipal Association Takes Home Three Awards from International Association of Business Communicators
November 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – November 10, 2009 – The Municipal Association of South Carolina took home three honors from the International Association of Business Communicators Palmetto Awards recently. Winning projects include:…
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HHS Provides More Than $11 Million to South Carolina to Help Low-Income Households with Energy Costs
October 23, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – October 23, 2009 – HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of $11,827,826 to South Carolina to help low income citizens with their heating bills during…
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Eckstrom to Speak at School Officials’ Conference
October 23, 2009MYRTLE BEACH, SC – November 4, 2009 – State Comptroller Richard Eckstrom will address the S.C. Association of School Business Officials on Wednesday, November 4 at 2 pm at the…
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Weathers Announces $400,000 Specialty Crop Block Grant for SC
October 16, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – October 16, 2009 – Hugh Weathers, Commissioner of Agriculture, today announced that South Carolina is the recipient of a U.S.D.A. Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) grant. South Carolina…
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SCDA to Feature Certified SC Grown at Broadway at the Beach Holiday Harvest
October 16, 2009MYRTLE BEACH, SC – October 15, 2009 – The South Carolina Department of Agriculture has partnered with Broadway at the Beach and Clemson University Extension Service to feature a Holiday…
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Joanie Thresher Chosen As USO South Carolina Director
September 26, 2009Former USO Volunteer Hired to Lead State’s Only USO Center ARLINGTON, VA & CHARLESTON, SC – September 25, 2009 – The USO proudly announces that Joanie Thresher has been hired…
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Parks and Recreation Promotes Mentoring Through A Speaking Tour to Schools
September 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – September 17, 2009 – Beginning in October, Terry Dozier, Parks and Recreation Special Programs Supervisor, will begin attending Parent Teacher Organization meetings to put the spotlight on…
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HHS Awards $721,757 to South Carolina for Increasing Adoptions
September 15, 2009WASHINGTON, DC – September 15, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $721,757 to the state of South Carolina for increasing the number of…
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Fort Moultrie at Fort Sumter National Monument to be Featured in United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters(TM) Program
September 9, 2009WASHINGTON, DC & SOUTH CAROLINA – September 9, 2009 – The United States Mint announced today that the nation will honor Fort Moultrie at Fort Sumter National Monument Park in South…
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Columbia World Affairs Council Announces the 2009 Global Vision Award Recipient
September 2, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – September 2, 2009 – Two titans of business, law and government who have led South Carolina into new global directions will be the recipients of the 2009…
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Ten Local Governments in SC Now Put Spending Online
August 20, 2009Government becoming more transparent across the state CHARLESTON, SC – August 20, 2009 – A spending-transparency initiative championed by state Comptroller Richard Eckstrom is gaining momentum, as ten municipal and…
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Municipal Association Elects New Board Members for 2009-2010
August 11, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC – August 11, 2009 – Delegates at the Municipal Association of South Carolina’s 69th Annual Meeting elected new board members to the Municipal Association board of directors. …
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S.C. War Hero to be included on 'Wall of Honor'
August 3, 2009Induction ceremony set for Friday morning COLUMBIA, SC – August 3, 2009 – The late S.C. Representative M.J. “Dolly” Cooper will be inducted into the S. C. Wall of Honor this…
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New Grants Enhance Cayce’s Public Safety Efforts
July 31, 2009CAYCE, SC – July 31, 2009 – City of Cayce Public Safety Department will add three more officers to the force and will be awarded $387,297 due to federal grants…
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Celebrate Farmers Market Month in South Carolina in August
July 29, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 29, 2009 – Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s Commissioner of Agriculture, is pleased to announce that Governor Mark Sanford has proclaimed the month of August as Farmers…
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