Facing severe budget cuts and a projected $1 billion budget shortfall next year, House lawmakers remain resistant to approving increases in fees or taxes. But they also refused Wednesday by a vote of 106-12 to strike from a state budget plan a proposed increase in cigarette taxes to 37 cents per pack to go into a Medicaid trust fund.
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New York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.
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AAA Carolinas predicts the proposed $20 million cut in state funding to the S.C. Department of Public Safety will increase road fatalities to the state.
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The S.C. House has voted 69-43 to keep a $10 million loan offer designed to protect the Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head in the state budget.
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By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press, The Post and Courier (Charleston)
A federal judge has ruled against a former South Carolina prisons employee who said he was forced to perform executions or face a demotion, effectively ending the man's lawsuit against the state corrections agency.
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By The Associated Press, The Daily Journal (Tupelo)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The electric bill is going up again in April. The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced an increase in its fuel adjustment charge. The utility said the hike will raise residential power bills between $3 and $6.50 per month, depending on how much electricity is used.
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Gov. Mark Sanford (R) Elected: November 2002, 2006 Term expires: January 2011
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