Combined, these furloughs will save taxpayers $150,000
The SC House of Representatives is not meeting in regular session this week. By furloughing House Members this week, we are saving taxpayers $50,000 per week.
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House Furloughed This Week – Saving Taxpayers $50,000
February 14, 2012 By
Update: House Republicans Unveil Reform Agenda
February 9, 2012 By
Dear Friends –
Just a few weeks into the legislative session this year, your House Republicans have been busy at work pushing for conservative reforms for a better South Carolina.
Today, conservatives set out to build on this record of reform by unveiling our 2012 House Republican Caucus Legislative Agenda. In the 2012 Agenda, we are focusing our sights on ensuring long-term growth and fiscal stability:
House speaker wants SC guaranteed ‘first in South’ primary
February 1, 2012 By
The State
By ADAM BEAM
SC House Speaker Bobby Harrell wants to bar SC political parties from scheduling their presidential primaries after any other Southern state.
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SC’s unemployment rate drops to 9.5 percent
February 1, 2012 By
By JIM DAVENPORT
Associated Press
South Carolina’s jobless rate plunged to its lowest rate in three years in December as an improving economy had employers putting more people to work making, moving and selling goods.
The 9.5 percent unemployment rate in December was down from 9.9 percent in November and marked the fourth straight month of declines in a state that’s suffered among the highest unemployment rates in the country for years.
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SC House approves bill to undo dredging permit
February 1, 2012 By
By SEANNA ADCOX
Associated Press
COLUMBIA — As South Carolina lawmakers seek to undo a permit allowing Georgia to expand its Savannah port, state House members on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would temporarily suspend the state environmental agency’s authority on dredging decisions.
Release – DHEC Ignored State Law w/ Dredging Vote
January 25, 2012 By
Legislation addresses DHEC’s actions & protects SC’s future interests
(Columbia, SC) – Today, the S.C. House of Representatives passed a bill (H. 4627) to protect our state’s waterways and environmental interests. The Legislation, approved by a 111 to 0 vote, reaffirmed and solidified an existing 2007 state law requiring the Governor’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Board to first gain the approval of the Savannah River Maritime Commission before it can take action on matters pertaining to the navigability, depth, dredging, sludge disposal and other collateral issues in regard to the Savannah River.
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Release – SLED Investigating Reports of Dead People Voting
January 12, 2012 By
New fraud concerns make strong case for Voter ID appeal even stronger
(Columbia, SC) – To secure our state elections and the integrity of every ballot, South Carolina lawmakers passed a Voter ID law last year supported by more than ¾ of all citizens.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell said, “Lacking a photo ID requirement makes it difficult, if not impossible, to prove or even recognize some types of potential voter fraud. Many opportunities where fraud could occur would easily be prevented with Voter ID, or at a minimum, make it very difficult to cast a ballot from beyond the grave.”
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South Carolina’s jobless rate drops below 10 percent
December 20, 2011 By
The State
Posted on Tue, Dec. 20, 2011
Staff reports
South Carolina’s jobless rate fell below 10 percent in November for the first time since April as retailers beefed up sales staff for an unexpectedly good holiday shopping season and others dropped out of the job search.
The state’s jobless rate dropped more than half a percentage to 9.9 percent from 10.5 percent in October, according to a report from the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce released this morning.
It was the largest monthly drop in the 35 years that statistics have been kept in the state.
Overall, nonfarm employment grew 15,000 from October to November and is up nearly 31,000 from a year ago – the largest increase for the same time period since 2006.
Folks found 7,100 jobs in retail and 6,600 in professional and business services. Manufacturing, which has been a bright spot for the state, continued its climb, adding 900 jobs between October and November.
The national unemployment rate also saw a significant decrease, from 9 percent in October to 8.6 percent in November.
“Through the efforts of the businesses in our state who have hired more South Carolinians, we have seen a significant decrease in the unemployment rate,” said S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce Executive Director Abraham Turner. “We want to partner with employers to help train the state’s workforce because we know that training is the most important component in providing businesses with a skilled and productive labor force. Through a partnership of this kind, I am optimistic that job growth will continue in the coming months.”
Newsletter – The Facts: Censored by the Media
December 12, 2011 By
Dear Friends,
Thanks to the internet and social media, traditional media outlets no longer have a monopoly on where you get your news – making it more difficult for them to hide the truth.
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Censored by The State Newspaper
December 11, 2011 By
By, Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the S.C. House
Censored by The State
*Indicates Areas Censored by The State Newspaper*
*Focusing on an issue Senator Glenn McConnell and I raised in a recent op-ed,* The State newspaper responded with a column by Cindi Ross Scoppe (“The $3 Billion Threat”, Nov. 13, 2011) that fell quite short of fully reflecting the reality of a pending court case to eliminate all our state’s sales tax exemptions*, resulting in a $3 billion tax increase*.
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