Lexington County Chronicle November 15, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr. When SC Electric & Gas decided to abandon its nuclear construction project a year ago, we lost about 5,000 workers. Now up to 600 SCE&G employees, most at its Cayce headquarters, are in danger. Utility rate and planning consultant Lane…
SCSBCC President Questions SCE&G CEO at PSC Hearing
Watch video from WIS-TV of SCE&G CEO Jimmy Addison being questioned by Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce at the November 8th PSC hearing. Mr. Knapp was challenging the Dominion Energy public campaign to convince customers that they would receive a $1000 check if…
SC finds itself among dwindling number of red states refusing Medicaid expansion
Post and Courier November 8, 2018 By Lauren Sausser Voters in three historically red states — Idaho, Nebraska and Utah — opted to expand eligibility for the low-income Medicaid program. This leaves fewer than 15 states, including South Carolina, that continue to refuse federal money made available under the Affordable Care Act…
Democrat Joe Cunningham won the congressional race for South Carolina’s 1st District
E&E News November 7, 2018 By Rob Hotakainen, E&E News reporter Democrat Joe Cunningham, a political novice and former ocean engineer, scored a big upset in South Carolina early today after making opposition to offshore drilling and seismic testing a top issue in his campaign. Cunningham won in the state’s…
Sale could cost 600 SCANA jobs
Lexington County Chronicle November 9, 2018 By Jerry Bellune SCANA’s sale could be costly to local people. Up to 600 SCANA employees could lose their jobs if Dominion Energy buys Lexington County-based SCANA. This is in addition to the 5,000 workers who lost their jobs when SCANA abandoned its $9…
Americans Have Spoken—Now it’s Time for the New Majority in the House of Representatives to Create a Tax Bill that Helps Small Businesses and the Middle Class
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr. co-chair of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform and founder and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2018—On Election Day Americans made their feelings about the misguided tax law known when they gave House Republicans who voted…
Letter: Healthy ocean
Post and Courier November 2, 2018 I appreciate the Oct. 23 op-ed by Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (“Debate raises concerns over offshore oil drilling, health care.”) Mr. Knapp is correct that the coastal economy of tourism, commercial fishing and recreation…
What to watch as regulators decide if customers should pay for failed SC nuclear project
Post and Courier October 31, 2018 By Andrew Brown COLUMBIA — Fifteen months have passed since SCANA and its project partner Santee Cooper decided to pull the plug on two unfinished nuclear reactors in South Carolina after spending $9 billion on the failed endeavor. But the work of South Carolina’s seven…
Live Reef Discovered Off South Carolina Coast
The Island Connection October 30, 2018 By Gregg Bragg, The Island Connection Sr. Staff Writer Dr. Sandra Brooke earned her Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre, UK in 2002. Her current assignment as Associate Research Faculty at Florida State University (FSU) has her working with…
Opinion: Politicians Sold Small Business a Bill of Goods on the Tax Law
Inside Sources, October 30, 2018 Las Vegas Sun, November 1, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr. Once again, politicians promised economic glory to small-business owners and the public on tax reform, but instead delivered a deficit that has exploded by 17 percent with the bill coming due for all of us.…