David Slade
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David Slade covers the ports, residential real estate and green energy issues for The Post and Courier. He also writes a personal finance column aimed at helping average folks save money. He previously covered Charleston city and county governments. Slade has been a newspaper reporter since 1992 and has won numerous state and national awards for his reporting on taxation and governmental affairs. He was previously editor of a business magazine covering the international gemstone trade. Slade earned a master's degree in public affairs reporting from Sangamon State University (now University of Illinois/Springfield) and a bachelor's degree from Temple University.
Recent Stories
BAR rejects renovation of old Millennium Records site
A company with plans to renovate a high-profile building in downtown Charleston into a multistory glass tower said it will make one more attempt to please the city's architectural review board, and if that fails it will lease the property as-is.
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Harbor funds in budget
Fresh on the heels of news that there's $2.5 million in federal funding this year to study plans to deepen the Charleston Harbor, President Barack Obama's proposed budget for 2013 calls for another $3.5 million.
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What will S.C. do with $34 million?
South Carolina is not among the states announcing tentative plans for money they will receive as part of a more than $25 billion 49-state settlement with five of the nation's largest lenders over abusive mortgage-related practices.
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AbundaTrade's online sales give pair a new voice
Business offers CDs, other items
Kent Wagner and Clayton Woodson have turned retail music sales upsdide down.
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DAVID SLADE: S.C. offers hybrid car tax credit
New auto may save you $600
Federal tax credits have phased out for hybrid and clean-diesel automobiles, but did you know that state tax credits for buying those same vehicles live on in South Carolina? For some who bought a qualifying new vehicle in 2011, the provision could be worth more than $600.
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Missing woman case gets murkier
Fiance found dead, her car found burned
By the time 30-year-old Dara Watson of Mount Pleasant was reported missing Friday, the situation had already gone bad. Watson's whereabouts and her fate remain unknown, but her car was found dumped and burned, and her fiance has been found dead.
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Area housing trends are up
January sales show 10 percent rise
Charleston-area home sales warmed up in January, but as with the unseasonably mild weather, it's hard to forecast what will come next.
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Missing woman's fiance found dead in his home
The search for missing woman Dara Lee Watson took a grim turn Saturday, when police revealed that her burned-out vehicle had been found in the woods days ago, and that the man she lived with was found dead Friday in the home they shared.
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Charleston area home sales perked up in January
The Charleston area real estate market showed some encouraging signs in January, with residential sales up 10 percent compared to January 2011, the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors said this afternoon.
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Local homeowners seek foreclosure relief
After a year and a half of phone calls and back-and-forth, trying to work out a loan modification, the Griffith family from Goose Creek is feeling hopeful about saving their home from foreclosure.
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