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News and Press Releases for June 2007


Governor Sanford Issues Statement on Budget Vetoes

6/29/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the House sustaining 15 of 243 items vetoed by the governor,...

Governor Sanford Signs Department of Transportation Reform Bill

6/27/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today signed the Department of Transportation reform bill into law, a key piece of the governor's restru...

Governor Sanford Issues Budget Vetoes

6/27/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today vetoed 243 items from the legislature's spending plan, for a total of $167 million that the go...

Governor Calls for Sustainable Spending

6/26/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford visited small businesses in Florence, Charleston and North Augusta today to talk about the need to h...

Governor Sanford Signs Workers' Compensation Reform Bill

6/25/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today joined with business groups from across South Carolina to sign the workers' compensation reform bi...

Governor Issues Statement on Tax Relief Plan

6/21/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the General Assembly's approval of more than $220 million in...

Gov. Sanford Names Wingate Interim Treasurer

6/20/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today named Columbia attorney Ken Wingate as interim Treasurer to conduct day-to-day operations of the s...

Governor Sanford Issues Statement on Firefighter Deaths in Charleston

6/19/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on last night's fire in Charleston that claimed the lives of ni...

Governor: DOT and Workers' Comp Reform, Tax Cuts a Must

6/19/2007

Columbia, S.C. - As the General Assembly began its extended session today, Governor Mark Sanford once again called on legislators to reform...

Gov. Sanford Suspends Treasurer

6/19/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford issued an executive order today immediately suspending state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel following the rele...

Governor Sanford Signs Underage Drinking Bill

6/15/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today signed S.213, a bill aimed at cracking down on youth's access to alcohol, while again calling ...

Governor Sanford Signs Continuing Resolution

6/14/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today signed the General Assembly's continuing resolution, a contingency measure that will keep governme...

Gov. Sanford Signs REAL ID Bill

6/13/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today traveled to Greenville to sign S449, a bill that keeps South Carolina from participating in the co...

Governor Sanford Signs Gang Prevention Act

6/12/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today signed S.141, a new law aimed at cracking down on criminal gangs in South Carolina by giving l...

Gov. Sanford Signs Coastal Insurance Bill

6/11/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford today traveled to Charleston and Myrtle Beach to sign H. 3820, a market-based coastal insurance reform b...

Governor Sanford, Speaker Harrell Call for Income Tax Cut

6/05/2007

Columbia, S.C. - Governor Mark Sanford today joined with House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Republican House members to call for cutting the st...

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