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Is a Reasonable Health Insurance Exchange Possible for S.C.?new
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed last year by Congress requires all states to set up a health insurance exchange program. While South Carolina is one of 26 states to sue the federal government over this law, it does not prevent these states from working toward such an insurance exchange program. All states are required to have a health insurance exchange program by the end of 2012. If states fail to do this, the federal government will control their exchange programs.
Charleston City Paper |
Clay N. Middleton |
06-23-2011 |
Policy Issues
Charleston Mothers Sell, Share, and Bank Their Breast Milknew
What to do with a freezer full of breast milk?
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-22-2011 |
Children & Families
AFL-CIO, Local Labor Leader Blast Boeing Hearingnew
Inside those chambers, Congressional Democrats and Republicans delivered a series of dramatic, Royal Shakespeare Company-caliber soliloquies. Some protested the NLRB suit against Boeing while others sneered at the jet manufacturer's decision to open its new 787 Dreamliner plant in anti-union South Carolina instead of pro-union Washington state.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
06-21-2011 |
Business & Labor
Boeing Hearing Amounts to Little More Than Political Theaternew
On June 17, Lafe Solomon, chief acting legal counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, was summoned to North Charleston under the threat of a subpoena. The reason: To sit before a U.S. House panel and be attacked by mob of angry Republicans, including three Congressmen from South Carolina and the state's high-profile governor and possible 2012 GOP VP candidate, Nikki Haley.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
06-21-2011 |
Business & Labor
Boeing's Decision to Move Has Turned Into a Legal Nightmarenew
Last week, South Carolina's top politicians gathered together to celebrate the official opening of Boeing's Dreamliner plant in North Charleston. But this week, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will conduct hearings in the city on a lawsuit filed by the National Labor Relations Board against the airline manufacturer. At issue is whether Boeing illegally retaliated against its unionized workforce in Washington state by building a second Dreamliner plant in North Charleston, a move that will create an estimated 3,800 new jobs in South Carolina.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
06-17-2011 |
Business & Labor
No Winners in Amazon Fiasconew
The botched deal to bring an Amazon distribution center to Lexington had nothing to do with what everyone thought it did: whether or not the company had to charge a sales tax to Palmetto State customers.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
05-04-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Amazon, Nikki Haley
Presidential Candidate Fred Karger Coming to Charlestonnew
Local Log Cabin Republicans are hosting a reception for Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-21-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Fred Karger, Election 2012
Charleston Turns a Corner in Bike-Friendly Pushnew
The Chapel and John street bike lanes were a recognizable stumble out of the gate. But city leaders and grassroots supporters aren't ready to give up the asphalt just yet. They remain undeterred in the race to safely improve bike access and reshape the way we see Charleston's roads.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Charleston Blotter: Door-to-door Sales Struggle and a Bar that 'Looks Like a Bar'new
BLOTTER O' THE WEEK: Police responded to a neighborhood twice recently regarding a group of door-to-door salesmen without a business license. Officers found one young woman mid-pitch, but she wasn't quite ready to go. "I am in the middle of a sale and will leave when I am done," she said. The woman then began yelling and cussing at the officer while he escorted her off the property. With that kind of forcefulness, we're just glad she isn't the spray girl at the perfume counter.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-20-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime blotter
Early Details on Charleston's Pride 2011new
The 2011 Charleston Pride Festival will return to Park Circle and North Charleston's Riverfront Park with three days of events, capped off by a Pride parade, rally, and after-party on May 14.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-20-2011 |
LGBT
South Carolina Redistricting Will Marginalize African-Americansnew
One of the running themes of the 2010 Census is that African Americans are moving back to the South, and while conventional wisdom would suggest that things are improving for minorities in the old Confederacy, the realities in South Carolina and the City of Charleston tell a different story.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-19-2011 |
Policy Issues
Takeover Charleston Turns Onenew
Takeover Charleston, the popular roaming happy hour event, is turning one.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
LGBT
Charleston Pride is Back with Prom Night Fundraisernew
Lots to update you on this week in the gay community. First, Charleston Pride is back with three days of events leading up to the May 14 pride parade, rally, and after party.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Gay Charleston, Charleston Pride
Senate Leader Agrees to Lindsey Graham's Hostage Demandsnew
From an early age, we were taught not to give in to the demands of hostage takers. But that, apparently, is not how it works in the U.S. Senate.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
Policy Issues
Blotter: Highlights from the City of Charleston Police Reportsnew
BLOTTER O' THE WEEK: Police were called to a downtown pizza place because there was a drunk patron who wouldn't leave. A witness told police the suspect was trying to drink everyone else's beer and that he appeared "super drunk." The witness said it was a large man "with long blond hair and a beard, kind of like Thor."
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: blotter, Charleston
