South Carolina Statehouse Blog

COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2nd PRODUCTION LINE IN NORTH CHARLESTON 
Columbia, S.C. - October 28, 2009 - Gov. Mark Sanford today issued the
following statement on Boeing Company’s announcement of its plan to
establish a second production line for the 787 Dreamliner adjacent to
the company’s existing facilities in North Charleston.
“Boeing’s decision to expand their presence in our state with an
infusion […]

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“While I cast my vote today to make the necessary changes that ensure benefits continue to flow to our unemployed, it should not be forgotten that earlier this year two very real opportunities to make changes to our employment system were missed, once with the defeated Employment Security Commission reform bill, which would have made […]

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Retroactive solution covers all unemployed in danger of losing this federal benefit
Columbia, SC) - Today, the South Carolina House of Representatives convened in a special legislative session to address a fix to our state’s unemployment benefits so that thousands of out-of-work South Carolinians will not lose access to these federal funds and have their unemployment […]

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Columbia, S.C. - October 23, 2009 - Governor Mark Sanford today named
Loris engineer Neil James to the Horry County School Board, filling a
recent vacancy created when a Board member was indicted for breach of
trust with fraudulent intent, and subsequently suspended. The term to
which Mr. James has been appointed expires in November, 2010.
“By most every account […]

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Dear Friends,
I wanted to give you an update about the unemployment crisis that is affecting so many people in our state.
On Tuesday, I was invited by Governor Mark Sanford to attend a roundtable meeting with business leaders, employment experts, policymakers and politicians to look deeper into the Unemployment Crisis facing our state.  I was surprised […]

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