First, I’m not a Catholic. Second, let’s hear it for the Catholic Church! Back in April the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a letter to Congress opposing cuts in program funding for the poor such as Medicaid. In August, Father Stephen Umhoefer, Paul Ryan’s family pastor for a number of years, revealed his worry […]
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Last month the new director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) stirred up the debate on healthcare in the Palmetto State. Catherine Templeton said that she had a “hallelujah moment” in talking with health experts when she realized that obesity was an important contributor to numerous health problems like heart
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These must have been the worst two weeks in David Black’s life. What started in February as a new career adventure for the former president and CEO of the Liberty Life Insurance Company in Greenville, dissolved into a nightmare for the Director of the S.C. Department of Insurance who resigned yesterday. Weighing heavily on Mr.
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Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)December 14, 2011 By Renee Dudley Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Gov. Nikki Haley dictated the conclusions of a committee charged with deciding how the state should implement federal health care reform before the group ever held its first meeting, public documents show. Now, some of those involved in the dozens of
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Maybe South Carolina actually does have something the rest of the country can emulate—at least as it relates to the Occupy movement. Last night, S.C. Governor Nikki Haley backed off last week’s order that the Occupy Columbia protesters had to be off of the State House grounds by 6 p.m. or be arrested for trespassing.
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Yesterday Governor Haley vetoed the entire state budget for the South Carolina Small Business Development Center. Please see the letter below for our reasons for asking the Legislature to override Veto # 12. Call your House and Senate member ASAP, before noon today, and ask them to vote t override Veto # 12. You can
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Are you tired of hearing all the newly elected confessing their love for small businesses, how everything they will do is for small business, how they live and die to please small business? I’m sick of it already. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the attention but it would be meaningful if all the talk
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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) today released an assessment of the three candidates running for Governor—Rep. Nikki Haley, Sen. Vincent Sheheen and Dr. Morgan Reeves. The assessment was based both on specific critical legislative votes and a questionnaire sent to each candidate on July 7, 2010. The questionnaire can be found
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