Opinion: States’ Rights Proposal Proves to be Popular as Offshore Drilling Opposition Grows
Morning Consult May 15th, 2018 By: Frank Knapp Jr. In early January, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a new idea into the debate over offshore drilling in the Atlantic. A once strong supporter of exploring and drilling for oil off the East Coast, Graham said that states should have the right to opt out …
Dear Business Leader: If the 2016 election was a referendum on the economy, you’d think lawmakers would put job creation at the heart of their plans to overhaul the tax code. They’re not. They are proposing an epic giveaway to large corporations, rather than focusing on our nation’s actual job creators—small businesses. Adding …
New poll shows overwhelming public support for EPA budget
The South Carolina Small Business Chamber in partnership with the New Alpha Community Development Corporation and the Kingdom Living Temple in Florence, SC, has launched an on-the-ground effort to educate small businesses, citizens, the faith community and other organizations along the I-95 corridor of the valuable role of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Trump Administration …
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Editorial: How to fix the unfair customer-gouging law
Lexington County Chronicle August 18, 2016 Since the spring of 2015, we have reported on S.C. Electric & Gas’s excessive rate hikes. It seems clear that the power company has legally but unfairly gouged its customers for overruns on its nuclear plant construction costs in Fairfield County. The overruns resulted from mismanagement. The mismanager, not …
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Decision on offshore drilling expected today
At approximately 12:45 today the White House will hold a press briefing to make an announcement about whether the Administration plans to include the Mid-Atlantic in it offshore oil drilling proposal to Congress. You can watch it live here:Â https://www.whitehouse.gov/live
The real story behind big businesses wanting to opt out of state workers’ compensation insurance
This past May in the South Carolina legislature a bill was introduced that would allow businesses, primarily big businesses, to opt out of the state workers compensation system. The promised results sound great—businesses would save money, injured workers would have the same benefits as under the state system and would get back to work faster, …
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