Lawmakers rip Sanford on economic development
July 30, 2008 by senatormcconnell
COLUMBIA — Saying they were frustrated at what they called the lack of economic progress in the state under Gov. Mark Sanford, Republican leaders in the House and Senate announced their own plan Tuesday to boost jobs and increase the state’s average income.
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Lawmakers unveil jobs strategy
July 30, 2008 by senatormcconnell
COLUMBIA — Politicians blamed each other Tuesday for South Carolina’s consistently high unemployment rate while pitching a new job recruitment plan that was short on details.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman piled on the criticism of Gov. Mark Sanford and his administration as they outlined a concept intended to get more people working and earning more.
GOP leaders target job hunt
July 30, 2008 by senatormcconnell
Legislative, business and education leaders Tuesday announced a new partnership designed to draw high-paying technology and research jobs to South Carolina — the types of jobs, lawmakers said, Gov. Mark Sanford and the Department of Commerce have failed to bring to the state.
Plan aims to bring S.C. jobs
July 29, 2008 by senatormcconnell
COLUMBIA — A big announcement coming today is intended to turn around South Carolina’s economy and get more people working.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell, both Charleston Republicans, are scheduled to unveil a plan at the South Carolina Employment Security Commission alongside other legislative leaders, researchers, academics and private businessmen.
Legislative leaders to unveil plan for S.C. economy
July 28, 2008 by senatormcconnell
S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell and USC president-elect Harris Pastides are among the state leaders who will unveil an economic plan Tuesday they say will create more jobs.
The group will hold an 11:30 a.m. news conference at the Employment Security Commission in Columbia to provide details.
Unemployment in S.C. was 6.2 percent in June, down from May’s 6.5 percent rate, which was the highest monthly unemployment rate in 2008.
The state’s unemployment rate is above the 5.5 percent national average.
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Confederate flag spurs call for filming boycott
July 16, 2008 by senatormcconnell
NAACP asks Hollywood to avoid state, but lawmaker says matter closed
The NAACP has targeted South Carolina’s film industry as an economic pressure point to force the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, but a top legislative leader said Tuesday the 2000 compromise won’t be reopened.
Lonnie Randolph, state NAACP president, told The Greenville News the organization has asked representatives of the motion picture industry to join in its economic sanctions against the state until the flag is removed.
He said NAACP officials met with actors, actresses and other representatives of the industry last weekend to “get their input and their support in helping with this cause.” Read more
Greenville News: Legislature thumbs nose at Constitution; McConnell warns
July 10, 2008 by senatormcconnell
In doing so, it encourages citizens to hold law, lawmakers in contempt
What will it take to get South Carolina legislators to stop illegally attaching unrelated issues to a piece of legislation? Perhaps a S.C. Supreme Court ruling that carries a sharp, punitive sting? Maybe a few more well-placed lawmakers defeated at the polls?
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