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Choose your state-tax poison
Nine states get by without an income tax. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, like her predecessor, warns that our state income tax makes it tougher to recruit and keep businesses -- and jobs.
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A matter of access
It might be a long time before fungi and mold again get in the way of the public's right to know what their government is doing. But that's the story on Sullivan's Island. And the timing couldn't be worse.
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Hamming it up in the pen
Any guard will tell you that prisoners are very resourceful. Sometimes they use that talent to create more trouble -- making weapons out of ink pens or feigning illness in hopes of escaping.
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Social Security insecurity
Republicans don't want to raise taxes on anybody. Democrats don't want to raise taxes on anybody but "the rich." So you need not worry about Congress raising Social Security taxes back to their normal level in this election year. You should worry, though, about the blatant folly of extend...
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Are S.C. college grads educated?
In their much-acclaimed book, "Academically Adrift," which was released last year, authors Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa use significant research to reach the devastating conclusion that college students study little and so, no surprise, don't learn enough. Now a report from the American ...
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Kodak's enduring images
The 21st century news that Plymouths and Pontiacs were no longer being manufactured shook up many Americans who grew up with those cars. But those were minor jolts compared to Thursday's announcement that Kodak will no longer make digital cameras.
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Welcome new tool for reform
Government reform has gained new traction in South Carolina with the broad expansion of the authority of the state inspector general to look into waste, fraud and abuse. The inspector general now can investigate all agencies -- not merely those in executive branch.
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Go green with cruise ships
In an effort to enhance the port and its reputation as a first-class place to do business, the State Ports Authority plans to build a new terminal with dual rail access in North Charleston, move and upgrade the passenger terminal and help port trucks switch to cleaner fuel.
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Lead by term-limits example
South Carolina's junior senator is widely known for standing firmly on principle -- at times to a fault. But while Jim DeMint's renewed push for congressional term limits is a rather quixotic quest, it shouldn't be reflexively dismissed as just another exercise in ideologically driven futility.
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Just how cold was it?
About the only fun thing to do outside at Alaska's Jim River Maintenance Camp when the temperature is 79 degrees below zero is hope it gets two degrees colder. That would break the record low temperature for the United States, 80 degrees below zero.
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Finally, a Crosstown solution
The Crosstown will continue to be a flooding problem for a few more years, but help is on the way. The State Infrastructure Bank's $88 million grant, approved on Thursday, should provide the last major piece of funding needed to finish the long-overdue project.
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Super PAC man Obama
Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama said his presidential bid would be wholly funded by federal campaign financing. But in June 2008, he reversed that course by opting out of what he called "a broken system."
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Dress code is a boon to parents
Parents with children at Summerville High School might want to send a valentine to principal Buddy Chapel. He has begun cracking down on students who refuse to follow the district's dress code.
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Cannon makes the right call
Last week's high-speed chase involving Charleston County sheriff's deputies has left disquieting questions about the way it was conducted, as well as its aftermath.
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Report on cruise industry should open the city's eyes
A new report on the cruise industry's impact on historic Charleston confirms concerns that preservationists, environmentalists and many downtown residents have been expressing. City Hall should pay heed.
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