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County network group holds holiday reception, set goals for new year Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 9 Hours 50 Minutes ago SCNOW.com - On a mission to create economic opportunity and prosperity for those experiencing the effects of poverty and underemployment, the Marion County Collaborative Action Network utilizes partnership to assists with activities, and is setting a few goals in the process.
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Some state lawmakers don't want federal stimulus money Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 22 Hours 17 Minutes ago The Island Packet - WASHINGTON - South Carolina, among the nation's poorest states, finds itself in the peculiar position of being led by a governor and a U.S. senator who oppose getting almost $2.5 billion from Washington to repave roads, build schools and upgrade sewer plants -- creating tens of thousands of jobs in economic hard times....
S.C. stimulus: Leaders balk at billions Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 22 Hours 2 Minutes ago The State - WASHINGTON — South Carolina, among the poorest states, finds itself in the peculiar position of being led by a governor and a U.S. senator who oppose getting almost $2.5 billion from Washington to repave roads, build schools and upgrade sewer plants — creating tens of thousands of jobs in very hard times.Those potential benefits under President-elect Barack Obama’s $500 billion economic-recovery plan could fill the state government’s revenue shortfall and help realize House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn’s dream of turning the I-95 “Corridor of Shame into an Oasis of Opportunity.”The Obama stimulus funds could make the state’s beach waters cleaner by modernizing sewer-treatment plants and retrofitting ocean pipelines.The money could pave crumbling rural roads, fix unsafe bridges, replace century-old schools and build new ones for kids now in trailer classrooms.“We’ve got a lot of old buildings,” said state Education Superintendent Jim Rex. “Some of them can be upgraded. Others, frankly, need to be replaced. And we have some fast-growing districts that can’t keep up with growth and must turn to portable classrooms.”...
Some SC politicians will face conflicts when they vote on Obama plan Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 22 Hours 32 Minutes ago Beaufort Gazette - WASHINGTON - South Carolina, among the poorest states, finds itself in the peculiar position of being led by a governor and a U.S. senator who oppose getting almost $2.5 billion from Washington to repave roads, build schools and upgrade sewer plants - projects that would create tens of thousands of jobs in very hard times....
Belt-tightening time
Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 22 Hours 34 Minutes ago Post & Courier - The economic news keeps getting worse for state government, with another 7 percent in cuts ordered last week and maybe more down the road. The Budget and Control Board's decision to enact across-the-board cuts means that the state's most essential services will suffer equally with the rest of state government. That's a shame.The latest decline in anticipated revenue means cuts of $383 million for state agencies, bringing the total to nearly $1 billion so far this year. It also means more furloughs and layoffs.
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911 tape released in 4-year-old's backyard strangulation Found: 3 Weeks 6 Days 19 Hours 53 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - Newberry County deputies say a four-year-old died of an apparent accidental strangulation while playing on a backyard play set at a relative's home in Prosperity. Now officials are releasing the tape of the 911 call made during the incident, but we want to warn you: The tape may not be suitable for all viewers....
Readers'letters: Dec. 11, 2008 Found: 4 Weeks 13 Hours 43 Minutes ago Greenville Online - Restore sanity to Christmas Stop the insanity!...
Data shows economy on downswing for years Found: 4 Weeks 1 Day 8 Hours 19 Minutes ago The Sun News - Things really are bad all over - and they had gone bad even before the housing and finance industries crashed and sent the economy into a tailspin.New census data shows that throughout the first half of the decade, the slumping economy touched nearly every community in the country.Incomes dropped while poverty and unemployment rose in the vast majority of the nation's cities and towns....
SLED investigating death of 4-year-old Found: 4 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 12 Minutes ago The State - The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy who was strangled when he became entangled in a backyard play set.The death is believed to be accidental. However, Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said Tuesday the case was handed off to SLED to adhere to laws that require child deaths be investigated.Reports indicate Chavis Berley was playing outside of a relative's home on Schumpert Road in Prosperity when the accident happened at about 2 p.m. Monday. Foster says the boy's grandmother tried to revive the boy. He was taken to Newberry County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.-- From Staff and Wire Reports...
College increasingly difficult to afford here Found: 4 Weeks 2 Days 10 Hours 11 Minutes ago Greenville Online - Acollege education is too expensive in this relatively poor state. A national higher education report card, in fact, recently awarded the state an "F" in college affordability....
