South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Failure to alert anyone of problem highlights need for ESC Reform
(Columbia, SC) - Today, Lawmakers announced that the General Assembly would convene in session under the Sine Die Resolution to correct an oversight made by the Employment Security Commission so that South Carolinians will not lose federal unemployment benefits. 
 
The General Assembly will convene October 27th […]

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Columbia, S.C. - October 19, 2009 - Gov. Mark Sanford, along with the
South Carolina Department of Commerce, will host an Unemployment
Roundtable Discussion at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20,
2009, in Room 252 of the Edgar Brown Building on the Statehouse
grounds in Columbia.
Speakers and expert panelists include: State Senators Greg Ryberg and
Joel Lourie; State Representative Kenny […]

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Columbia, S.C. * Friday, October 16, 2009 * Gov. Mark Sanford today signed Executive Order 2009-15, establishing an Interim Governance Committee for statewide implementation of Health Information Exchange tasked with both overseeing our state’s existing exchange (SCHIEX) and setting the groundwork for plugging SCHEIX into the national exchange in the coming years. Electronic health information […]

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Columbia, S.C. - September 18, 2009 - As part of Governor Sanford’s ongoing “Family Fitness Challenge” emphasizing physical activity and healthy living for all South Carolinians, the governor will be participating in the U.S. Marine Corp’s “Mud Run” at Fort Jackson this Saturday. He will run on his third son Bolton’s team.
“Something we’ve been stressing […]

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Columbia, S.C. - September 18, 2009 - Governor Mark Sanford yesterday issued an Executive Order placing the federally funded BabyNet program under the control of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness. Until now the program has been overseen by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, although S.C. First Steps is the state’s only […]

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