February 17, 2010

Only partial funding granted for Charleston flooding project

The City of Charleston will receive only $10 million of the $146 million requested for the Downtown flooding project.


July 16, 2009

Review of stimulus spending shows little going to create jobs

South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control announced recently that it’s getting $3.3 million of federal stimulus money to clean up abandoned underground gasoline storage tanks that are leaking.


July 08, 2009

First Stimulus project breaks ground

Charleston officials broke ground Wednesday on the first new local project to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, known as the federal stimulus.


June 04, 2009

State politicians respond to court ruling, forcing Sanford to apply for full stimulus funds

State politicians respond to court ruling, forcing Sanford to apply for full stimulus funds. News 2 is getting flooded by responses to the state Supreme Court’s decision to force Governor Sanford to request stimulus funds. 

Stimulus cash won’t fill South Carolina budget gaps

Don’t for a moment think that South Carolina’s budget problems will be solved with $350 million in federal stimulus money that has been the subject of a months-long dispute.

Court orders! Sanford will take federal cash

South Carolina’s high court is ordering Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to request $700 million in federal stimulus money that would head primarily to cash-strapped schools.

Stimulus battle could end in court today

The governor, educators and lawyers are waiting for Supreme Court decision on whether Gov. Mark Sanford can be forced to request $700 million in federal stimulus cash.


June 03, 2009

South Carolina Supreme Court hears Stimulus case

The fate of $700 million in disputed federal stimulus money is now in the hands of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The state’s highest court heard arguments Wednesday in two lawsuits over the money, both filed in an effort to force Governor Mark Sanford to request the money.


June 02, 2009

Sanford: Court’s ties to lawmakers a ‘tough spot’

South Carolina’s governor says the state Supreme Court’s dependence on the Legislature puts it in a tough spot as it hears arguments in his effort to block federal stimulus cash for schools.


June 01, 2009

Governor Sanford blocks SC students from national education initiative

South Carolina out of loop in national effort that aims to develop common academic standards in mathematics and English language arts for American students. 

SC gov hints that stimulus fight may soon end

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicts his fight to block federal money for schools is coming to an end and says he won’t appeal court decisions on the issue.


May 28, 2009

Gov. says fed court best for SC stimulus fight

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is betting his long fight against taking federal stimulus cash on a federal judge’s decisions.


May 27, 2009

Court allows Sanford to make stimulus case

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get a chance to argue his side of the fight over stimulus money to the state Supreme Court.


May 26, 2009

Gov. Sanford to ignore stimulus deadline

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces a deadline to reply to lawsuits revolving around lawmakers’ efforts to force him to request $700 million in federal funds intended to spare schools from deep budget cuts.


May 25, 2009

Gov. Sanford to let stimulus request deadline pass

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford won’t heed a deadline to request federal stimulus cash.

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