Graham Announces Over $10 Million for South Carolina Airports
July 14, 2010CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC – July 13, 2010 – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham(R-South Carolina) today announced more than $10 million in grants toairports in Anderson, Charleston, Chesterfield, Darlington, Greenville,Horry, Laurens, Lexington,…
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Graham Responds to China Currency Report
July 12, 2010WASHINGTON – July 12, 2010 – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SouthCarolina) made this statement on the China currency report issued bythe Treasury Department. In the report, the Obama Administration againdeclined…
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Greenville Zoo Launches Quarters For Conservation
July 2, 2010Portion of zoo admissions to benefit wildlife conservation programs GREENVILLE, SC – July 1, 2010 – Beginning July 1, the Greenville Zoo will kick off Quarters for Conservation, an initiative…
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City Web Site Features New Research Tool for Downtown Cemeteries
July 2, 2010Map-based application simplifies records management and provides historic documentation GREENVILLE , SC – July 2, 2010 – The City of Greenville has launched a new interactive web application called Cemetery Viewer,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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