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South Carolina Finds a Way Around Federal Nutrition Standards to Allow Student Bake Sales
South Carolina student groups looking to raise money should get out their baking supplies. Schools in the state will soon be able to apply for waivers to sell food that isn’t in compliance with federal nutrition standards in order to facilitate fundraising. South Carolina’s State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman announced in a statement that the… -
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How Nikki Haley Plans to Make South Carolina More Competitive
The governor of South Carolina has proposed lowering the state’s income tax rate from 7 percent to 5 percent, accompanied by a 10 cent hike in the state’s gas tax. In her annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., said the state’s income tax puts it at a competitive “disadvantage.” “In order… -
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Lockheed Martin Director Explains Why Ending Export-Import Bank Could Benefit South Carolina
The embattled Export-Import Bank received a nine-month reprieve from Congress last month, but could ending it next year actually be a good thing for some states? When asked about the agency last week, Don Erickson, a site director for defense giant Lockheed Martin in South Carolina, first contended that financing from the Export-Import Bank creates…