News and Press Releases for February 2008
February 29, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the departures of Department of Public Safety Director Jim Schweitzer and Highway Patrol Colonel Russell Roark:
February 28, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of H.3496, a bill aimed at toughening the state’s DUI laws, which the governor called for in his State of the State address as part of his “First 30 Days Agenda.” The House on Thursday amended key penalties in the bill back to their original House version, penalties the Senate had sought to weaken:
February 13, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today joined with legislators in Columbia and visited small businesses in Charleston and Myrtle Beach to call for an optional 50 percent reduction to the state’s top marginal income tax rate - from the current 7 percent to 3.4 percent - to be offset by a 30-cents-per-pack increase to the state’s cigarette tax.
February 12, 2008
Columbia, S.C. -Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s refusal to strip harmful amendments from the DUI bill:
February 7, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the final passage of S.588 -- a reform the governor called for in his State of the State address as part of his “First 30 Days Agenda” -- aimed at making it easier for small businesses to offer health insurance to their employees:
February 5, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford called on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate to strip amendments added today to a DUI bill under consideration that would both weaken proposed punishments and create additional loopholes in DUI arrests.
February 4, 2008
Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today signed S.639, a new law that will consolidate Sumter County’s two school districts into one, a step toward spending more dollars in the classroom and fewer dollars on administration in that county.