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S.C. Legislature overrides most Haley vetoes, funding rape crisis centers, arts, sea grants, more

By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 19 July 2012 - 4:41am
(Updates at the bottom.)Earlier this month Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed a plethora of state budget items — among those were political hot topics, like funding for rape crisis centers.Outcry was doubled against the governor as the vetoes temporarily... More

S.C. preserves ETV, Arts Commission funding; sticks it to Haley

By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 30 June 2011 - 5:14am
Gov. Nikki Haley said she didn't want taxpayer dollars going to the South Carolina Arts Commission and ETV anymore, and to make good, she vetoed much of the funding on Tuesday. Well, the state Senate and House didn't much care for it and... More

S.C. Senate preserves ETV, Arts Commission funding; sticks it to Haley

By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 29 April 2011 - 2:01pm
Gov. Nikki Haley said she didn't want taxpayer dollars going to the South Carolina Arts Commission and ETV anymore, and given the strong Republican majority and tight budget in South Carolina, it seemed like Haley would get her way or, at... More

Charleston area pulls in $217,760 in grants from S.C. Arts Commission

By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 - 1:04pm
In its annual round of grants, the South Carolina Arts Commission has awarded $1,278,726 to communities, artists, arts organizations and schools for the 2011 fiscal year.The money this year goes to 221 projects in 37 counties, and $217,760 of... More

S.C. Arts Commission awards 4 fellowships - 3 of which go to Charleston, 2 of those to Pure Theatre

By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 - 7:22pm
The South Carolina Arts Commission has approved its annual selections for the "Individual Artist Fellowship Awards." Each of the four awards carries a bounty of $5,000 for poets, prose writers, playwrights, and actors.This year three of the four... More

Lawmakers shoot down several of Sanford's vetoes, here's what's been saved so far

By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 18 June 2010 - 8:05am
While House lawmakers allowed 51 of Gov. Mark Sanford's 107 vetoes to stand (cutting a cool $300 million from the budget) the remainder have been passed along to the Senate to see if they too will override Sanford.Well 29 of those 56 vetoes passed... More

Sanford vetoes carve out $1.5 million in S.C. arts funding

By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 13 June 2010 - 8:35am
Update June 13: The Greenville News has penned a traditional report about the matter; read it here.First reporting: The South Carolina Arts Commission is on high alert after it noted S.C. Governor Mark Sanford's budget vetoes would mean the... More

Conroy and Green being honored with lifetime achievement awards

By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 29 September 2009 - 3:35pm
The Post and Courier reports that the S.C. Arts Commission has announced that writer Pat Conroy and Daniel Island artist Jonathan Green will be honored with 2010 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Awards for the Arts for Lifetime Achievement. More

Charleston-area awarded $278,824 in arts funding

By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 - 8:00pm
$278,824 is coming to the arts community in the tri-county area thanks to grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Read more stories on this subject in our South Carolina Arts Commission topic page. The amount awarded to each county was: $... More

S.C. Arts Commission Fellowship award deadline is October 1

By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 - 4:23pm
The deadline to apply for one of six $5,000 fellowship awards from the S.C. Arts Commission is October 1. Here's a bit about the program from the commission's press release: S.C. Arts Commission Executive Director Suzette Surkamer sees the program... More

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