South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Columbia, SC - State Representative Anton Gunn, of Richland & Kershaw Counties made the following statement today after incorrect media recounts of his involvment in contacting college football recruits about a USC trustee race.
“Let me be clear. I am outraged by the erroneous stories appearing in multiple media outlets that depict me as contacting USC […]

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Forums will focus on A Mid-Session Legislative Update and State Budget Report
Columbia, SC - State Representative Anton Gunn (D-Richland and Kershaw Co.) will host another series of public forums throughout District 79. This is the third set of legislative forums designed to create an open dialogue with the public regarding the issues that they are […]

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After a week of debate until the wee hours of the night and morning, the House approved a budget for fiscal year 2010-11 that is a slight improvement over the version approved by the House Ways and Means Committee but is still far from adequate. In my previous update I discussed the major cuts […]

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Independent leader to run for second term for District 79 House Seat with strong support from educators, business leaders and the grassroots
Columbia, SC-State Representative Anton Gunn (D-Richland/Kershaw) has announced that he will seek reelection to the District 79 House seat to which he was first elected in 2008. In what was only his second campaign […]

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Columbia, SC - Today Representative Anton Gunn filed a bill that, if passed, would be South Carolina’s most targeted “Small Business Green Jobs” initiative to date.The bill would create the South Carolina Small Business Micro Green Loan Program within the State Energy Office to help provide targeted startup capital to local, small businesses focused on […]

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