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Charleston air show expo canceled due to sequestration

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 11 March 2013 - 4:02pm
Earlier I wrote that sequestration's budget cuts could lead to meaningful deep changes, today they've lead to immediate public chages: the air show has been canceled."The decision to cancel our Air Expo was made shortly after we were informed... More

Base closures, other deep and targeted military cuts could come from sequestration

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 11 March 2013 - 4:59am
So far the sequestration's impact has been targeted at general across-the-board cuts, but The New York Times is reporting that President Obama's administration and the Pentagon are looking to transform the general cuts into targeted and deep... More

USAF Heritage Brass Quintet concert canceled due to sequestration

By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 8 March 2013 - 3:41am
More bad news coming from the sequestration cuts, the planned USAF Heritage Brass Quintet performance in North Charleston for March 17 has been canceled.The City of North Charleston has been told the cut is due to national budget cuts. On,... More

Thousands of Charleston civil defense workers could face furloughs

By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 21 February 2013 - 4:53am
Some 5,200 Charleston-based Defense Department employees could see one-day-per-week furloughs if Congress does not act by the March 1 budget deadline. More

S.C. DOT looks to make up millions in cash by skipping driveway paving

By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 4 February 2012 - 7:39am
If you live off one of South Carolina's many state-maintained roads, you'll know that you get a nice little perk whenever the S.C. Department of Transportation repaves a road: a free update to the first several feet of your driveway.Well the... More

Lawyer takes S.C. sales tax exemption rules to the State Supreme Court

By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 - 8:33am
A showdown over South Carolina's rules on exempting special businesses, products, and services from the state's 6% tax rule is headed for a showdown at the S.C. Supreme Court.At its core, lawyer Matthew Bodman says the Legislature has... More

South Carolina forensics lab backlog reaches 4,500 cases

By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 2 September 2011 - 10:49am
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is in the headlines for a backlog of 4,500 cases.And most of that forensics backlog is hitting the DNA lab who can handle just some 200 cases a month but has been seeing nearly 350. WSPA TV out... More

$3 million shaved off Charleston County School District's budget (update: pay losses approved)

By Amanda Click on Friday, 27 May 2011 - 11:00am
Update May 27: The Charleston County School District's proposed budget for the upcoming year has been amended, and according to The Post and Courier, with the exception of teachers, every district employee will be furloughed next year, and no... More

Recession throws some good luck to fast South Carolina drivers

By Guest on Monday, 11 April 2011 - 7:48pm
It appears as if the recession does, in fact, have at least one upside for South Carolina residents with a heavy right foot. According to a report in the April 10 edition of The Post and Courier, as more troopers are leaving the South Carolina State... More

S.C. House approves $5.2 billion budget; Haley not thrilled

By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 16 March 2011 - 8:28am
On Tuesday, March 15th, the South Carolina House OK'd a $5.2 billion budget that contained only some of the budget cuts Gov. Nikki Haley had hoped for. Among the Haley irksome dollars were $2 million in funding for the S.C. Arts Commission... More

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