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Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said the week&#8217;s tumultuous events are on the agenda for the Cabinet meeting Friday. State business also is to be discussed.
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South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford talks to reporters after husband leaves Sullivan&#8217;s Island home to return to Columbia. The Governor, who confessed to an affair, has called a Friday cabinet meeting.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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The South Carolina Senate&#8217;s top leader said calls for Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s resignation will mount if evidence emerges that he used state resources on his affair.
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          <title>King&#8217;s Mountain Man Claims $88 Million Lottery Prize</title>
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Jeffrey Wilson says he will take Powerball $29 million dollar after taxes lump-sum payment.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Report: Welfare Rolls In South Carolina Climb 23%</title>
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In South Carolina most welfare funding is being directed to the cash assistance program, which advocates say does little to help people find jobs and get off the system.
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          <title>Stimulus Money Not Creating Jobs in SC Yet</title>
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The chairman of the task force that&#8217;s tracking where federal stimulus money is going in South Carolina says it isn&#8217;t creating new jobs so far.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gorillas Back on Display at Riverbanks Zoo</title>
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Gorillas are now back on display at Riverbanks Zoo.           ]]></description>
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The state of South Carolina has put up new highway signs and is running public service announcements on TV to educate drivers about the &#8220;Move Over&#8221; law, which requires them to move over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles on the side of the road.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Updated: Up To 30 Rescued From North Carolina River</title>
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Officials say up to 30 people have been located after a reported emergency at a North Carolina river.
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Clemson students will by paying more next year.           ]]></description>
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The former chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission apologized Wednesday for an Internet posting that suggested a gorilla that escaped from the Columbia zoo was an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.
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Commerce Department has representatives in France and Germany this week.            ]]></description>
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Now that $700 million in federal stimulus money is headed to South Carolina, state lawmakers are assuming the state economy will rebound in 2 years once that money is gone. Do they have a plan in case it hasn&#8217;t?           ]]></description>
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          <title>South Carolina Using Mobile Cameras to Find Stolen Cars, Criminals</title>
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Two law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are using a mobile camera system that automatically records license plates and sounds an alarm for stolen cars and tags.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:32:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>South Carolina AG Issues Opinion On Spartanburg Co. District 7 Golf Deal</title>
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Spartanburg District Seven said they were not trying to get around the Freedom of Information Act Law.            ]]></description>
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          <title>9 More Plead Guilty in SC DSS Check Cashing Scheme</title>
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 About two dozen people have been accused of helping former
Department of Social Services finance director Paul Moore take the
money over nearly five years.            ]]></description>
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          <title>USC Camp Gives High School Students a Taste of Bionanotechnology</title>
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High school students from across South Carolina are spending the week at USC to get hands-on experience in bionanotechnology.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Archives Finds Confederate&#45;era Money No One Knew Existed</title>
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Old bills from the Bank of South Carolina, which failed after the Civil War, have already brought in about $200,000 at auction.           ]]></description>
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          <title>South Caroilna Increases Prescription Help for Low&#45;Income Seniors</title>
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Program to fill in &#8220;donut hole&#8221; gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage will pay for 30 percent instead of the current 10 percent.
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          <title>South Carolina Governor Asks to Dismiss Federal Stimulus Case</title>
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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has followed through on a promise to drop legal challenges in his fight
over federal stimulus cash.
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South Carolina&#8217;s jobless rate went over 11% in April.           ]]></description>
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46 states have agreed to work together to develop common core standards for math and reading, but South Carolina is not one of them.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Both Carolinas Borrowing Money to Pay Unemployment</title>
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The analysis said years of underfunding and poor planning are the main reasons for the problem nationwide and not the recession.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Grandfather Mountain To Become State Park</title>
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The state has closed on the purchase of
almost 2,500 acres of Grandfather Mountain, officially marking the
beginning of North Carolina&#8217;s newest state park.
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          <title>Police: Husband Finds Man On Craigslist To Rape His Wife</title>
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Investigators in North Carolina are still trying to identify an alleged rapist.            ]]></description>
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          <title>New Biker Rules Hurting Myrtle Beach Hotels</title>
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New rules on biker rallies in Myrtle Beach seem to be having an effect, as hotel occupancy was down sharply during last month&#8217;s rallies.
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          <title>Stimulus Lawsuits Head To SC Supreme Court Wednesday</title>
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One suit was filed by two students.&nbsp; The State Association of School Administrators brought on the second lawsuit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:48:07 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Sanford Vetoes Payday Lending Bill</title>
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The governor said he was concerned about privacy issues that could come from a new payday lending customer database.
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          <title>USC Study Finds Black South Carolinians Dying of Cancer at Higher Rates</title>
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A new study by the University of South Carolina found that African-Americans in South Carolina are dying of cancer at higher rates than the rest of the nation and their white neighbors.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Sanford Weighing Veto Action on Payday Lending Before Tuesday Deadline</title>
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The payday lending legislation bars companies from issuing more
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          <title>South Carolina Teacher Expo Draws 1,200 for 300 Jobs</title>
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The state&#8217;s annual Teacher Expo had more out-of-work teachers vying for fewer job openings.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Mark Sanford says he will accept whatever decision the S.C. Supreme Court hands down on Wednesday.            ]]></description>
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South Carolina&#8217;s Surplus Property Office has cut its prices by 50 to 90 percent.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:50:30 EDT</pubDate>
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U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson has scheduled a hearing on
the three cases on Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:46:08 EDT</pubDate>
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The new sensors can be installed on bridges to monitor them for possible cracks or corrosion.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 18:30:38 EDT</pubDate>
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A federal judge will hear arguments on that Monday.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 06:22:58 EDT</pubDate>
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South Carolina&#8217;s high unemployment rate has meant more traffic at Army recruiting offices.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:44 EDT</pubDate>
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Gov. Mark Sanford is asking a federal judge to move a lawsuit over stimulus money out of the state Supreme Court and into federal court.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:15 EDT</pubDate>
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Details are emerging in South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s lawsuit over federal stimulus money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:28:37 EDT</pubDate>
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Craigslist has filed a federal suit against South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order. McMaster has issued a response.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:19:03 EDT</pubDate>
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By a two-thirds vote, the General Assembly voted to override a majority of Mark Sanford&#8217;s budget vetoes Wedensday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:54:34 EDT</pubDate>
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The report will include lists of the most deteriorated roads and structurally deficient bridges in South Carolina.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:32:10 EDT</pubDate>
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Senators hope to reach consensus on a compromise with the House, which would move the bill closer to becoming law.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:07:05 EDT</pubDate>
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South Carolina&#8217;s Department of Health and Environmental Control is scaling back its monitoring of the H1N1 flu because it doesn&#8217;t seem to be spreading quickly.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:43:05 EDT</pubDate>
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Gov. Mark Sanford wants legislators to do more to head off a tax increase on employers.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 05:18:53 EDT</pubDate>
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South Carolina taxpayers will be able to keep track of where federal stimulus money is spent and what impact it has.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:31:44 EDT</pubDate>
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The South Carolina Senate gave its final approval Wednesday afternoon to next year&#8217;s budget, which requires the governor to request federal stimulus money.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:06:31 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Does Lean State Budget Still Contain Pork?</title>
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State lawmakers are wrapping up work on next year&#8217;s state budget, which the governor says contains wasteful spending and inefficiency.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sanford Criticizes Lawmakers for Wanting More Security for Themselves</title>
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Gov. Mark Sanford criticized the Senate budget, pointing out it would create a new Capitol Police Force while cutting Public Safety.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:29:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Universities Taking Flu Precautions at Graduations</title>
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USC and Clemson are taking extra precautions at commencement ceremonies because of the H1N1 flu.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:49:31 EDT</pubDate>
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Critics of payday lending say they&#8217;d rather pass nothing than a weak bill.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:25:36 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/consumer/economy/article/sc_senators_to_resume_payday_lending_debate_wednesday/17282/#When:21:25:36Z</guid>
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South Carolina legislators have advanced a bill that ensures a fetus who survives an abortion attempt is not treated as medical waste.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:14:54 EDT</pubDate>
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North Carolina government budget writers have received more bad news about the state&#8217;s revenue picture.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 10:51:08 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/nc_lawmakers_need_another_1.5b_for_budget_gap/17290/#When:14:51:08Z</guid>
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Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia is sending its sea lions to another zoo for several years while it updates the sea lion exhibit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:14:35 EDT</pubDate>
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The bill says people making up to about $21,600 a year could get tax credits covering 75 percent of an individual policy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 05:21:10 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/legislators_to_take_up_cigarette_tax_increases_tuesday/17250/#When:09:21:10Z</guid>
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More than 400 people in South Carolina have dialed 211 to ask questions about the H1N1 flu.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Cigarette Tax Hike Would Generate Health Insurance Cash</title>
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&nbsp; The bill says people making up to about $21,600 a year could get
tax credits covering 75 percent of an individual policy           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:48:34 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/sc_cigarette_tax_hike_would_generate_health_insurance_cash/17217/#When:09:48:34Z</guid>
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The SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control has set up a toll-free hotline to answer any questions you have about the H1N1 flu.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:29:43 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Legislators Vote to Force Sanford to Take Stimulus</title>
          <link>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/consumer/economy/article/legislators_vote_to_force_sanford_to_take_stimulus/17107/</link>
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Governor Sanford still insists he can not be ordered to spend the money.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:25:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/consumer/economy/article/work_on_south_carolina_5.7b_budget_expected_to_wrap_up_wednesday/17065/</link>
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The state Senate spent Wednesday wrapping up work on a state budget that would include the disputed $350 million in federal stimulus money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:11:31 EDT</pubDate>
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Allies of Governor Mark Sanford say their alternative state budget plan would free-up about $200 million to repay federal loans without using stimulus cash.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:30:35 EDT</pubDate>
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Hearing set for SC measures on school choice           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:57:26 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/state_senator_12_s.c._house_members_didnt_file_tax_returns/16799/</link>
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The Department of Revenue reports three other House members owe a combined total of more than $21,000.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:33 EDT</pubDate>
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Sanford has refused to take $700 million of the federal cash over the next two years unless state lawmakers use it, or an equal amount of state money, to pay down state debt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:22:14 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/consumer/economy/article/greenville_rally_set_to_call_on_gov._sanford_to_take_stimulus_money/16686/#When:14:22:14Z</guid>
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Big budget cuts would mean fewer troopers, which would mean more highway deaths, according to the state&#8217;s Public Safety Director.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:03:46 EDT</pubDate>
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The Senate Finance Committee planned to work Thursday to finish
working on a budget that&#8217;s $202 million out of balance and forcing
cuts in many agencies.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:10:22 EDT</pubDate>
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Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s allies in the Senate are rolling out a budget proposal that uses more than $400 million in Medicaid cash to pay for school programs in South Carolina.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:36:51 EDT</pubDate>
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State Sen. Vincent Sheheen introduced a resolution Tuesday that would require Gov. Mark Sanford to request all of the federal stimulus money slated for South Carolina.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:05:19 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/senate_resolution_would_require_governor_to_request_stimulus_money/16608/#When:02:05:19Z</guid>
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Governor disputes report that he is drafting a counterproposal on state spending that will delay committee work on a spending plan.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:14:30 EDT</pubDate>
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 Federal funds totaling $100 million were made available to the EFSP, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)           ]]></description>
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V.P. Joe Biden announced the grant today.           ]]></description>
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On Tuesday morning, the Governor also has a meeting scheduled with his cabinet to discuss the state budget.            ]]></description>
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SC Dept. of Ed projections indicate about 5,200 jobs would be eliminated in next year&#8217;s local budgets.           ]]></description>
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SC AG says in his opinion lawmakers cannot go around the governor to request stimulus money.           ]]></description>
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North Carolina came in fourth with an unemployment rate of 10.7 percent, the highest there on records dating back to 1976.           ]]></description>
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A bill requiring women in South Carolina to wait at least 24 hours after their ultrasound before getting an abortion has received approval from a legislative panel.           ]]></description>
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SC panel to debate abortion bill           ]]></description>
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South Carolina honored eight men killed in Afghanistan or Iraq last year in the 2009 Fallen Soldiers Ceremony.           ]]></description>
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The report estimates that about 1.75 million North Carolina residents are without health insurance, an increase of 322,000 as a result of layoffs since 2007.
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 A major overhaul of South Carolina&#8217;s payday lending laws has been stripped of lending limits tied to borrowers&#8217; income.
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Members of a youth anti-tobacco group came to Columbia on national Kick Butts Day to urge legislators to hike tobacco taxes and fund smoking prevention programs like theirs.           ]]></description>
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Supporters of school choice think a new plan will make it through the Statehouse after years of trying.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Bev Perdue today filled two judicial vacancies appointing District Court Judge Bradley Letts of Sylva and former District Court Judge Robby Hassell of Greensboro to Superior Court seats.            ]]></description>
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Governor Mark Sanford has told state agencies and local government officials that they&#8217;ll have to provide the state with details on how they&#8217;re using federal stimulus cash.           ]]></description>
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Gov. says of legislature seeks funds, other money should be used to repay state debt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:19:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Special Olympics Bowler Challenges Obama After Leno Gaffe</title>
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 The top bowler for the Special Olympics says he looks forward to meeting President Barack Obama in an alley.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Law Officers Gather to Honor Those Fighting DUI</title>
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Officers from around the state gather in Columbia Thursday for a
banquet sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Public
Safety.           ]]></description>
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The Budget and Control Board on Wednesday voted 3-1 to cut 2 percent from the budget that started in July at $7 billion and already has seen $1 billion in cuts. 
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 The Budget and Control Board meets Wednesday to discuss a 1.7
percent across-the-board state budget cut           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:11:34 EDT</pubDate>
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Read the 2009 - 2010 North Carolina budget proposed by Governor Perdue           ]]></description>
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A South Carolina budget oversight panel will meet to discuss cutting another $87 million from the state spending plan, with public schools losing $37 million.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:06:07 EDT</pubDate>
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 The tags would show a cross and the words &#8216;I Believe&#8217;. But some people complained that goes against separation of church and state.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:04:13 EDT</pubDate>
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The move comes in response to Gov. Sanford&#8217;s decision to ask for a waiver to use $700 million to pay off debt.           ]]></description>
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It says school employees in supervisory roles can be sent to prison for up to five years for having sex with 16- and 17-year-old students.           ]]></description>
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Speaker of the SC House Bobby Harrell thinks this is the year that the state finally raises its lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax from 7 cents a pack.           ]]></description>
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The South Carolina House is working on next year&#8217;s budget and Tuesday afternoon is expected to debate raising the state cigarette tax.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  The school budget includes allowing teachers more time to get a
$7,500 incentive for becoming national board certified.           ]]></description>
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Third District U.S. Congressman Gresham Barrett makes his run for governor official.           ]]></description>
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Budget week opens, Dems want spending bill rewrite
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