2011 South Carolina Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) III grant awarded.
2015 Legislature passes a tort reform measure to protect land owners from frivolous lawsuits arising from situations where trespassers suffered injuries on their property. They enact statutory provisions already in place in 20 other states, including Georgia and North Carolina.
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Mikee Johnson, Orangeburg – Cox Industries Pamela Lackey, Columbia – AT&T Mike Brenan, Columbia – BB&T Jim Reynolds, Columbia – Total Comfort Solutions Dick Wilkerson, Greenville – Michelin Joe Salley, Spartanburg – Milliken & Company William Boyd, Columbia – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Jim Micali, Greenville – Michelin Harris DeLoach, Hartsville – Sonoco Emerson Gower, Florence – Progress Energy Mack Whittle, Greenville – Carolina First Bank Lee Bussell, Columbia – Chernoff Newman Don Herriott, Florence – Roche Carolina Hayne Hipp, Greenville – Liberty Fellowship M. Edward Sellers, Columbia – BlueCross BlueShield of SC Paula Harper Bethea, Hilton Head Island – Was McNair Law Firm, now SC Education Lottery Bill L. Amick, Batesburg – Amick Brothers Paul G. Campbell, Jr., Goose Creek – Alcoa Mount Holly (now SC Senate) Joe M. Anderson, Jr., Columbia – AT&T Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Charleston – Bank of SC John Beckler, Columbia – Carolina Eastman (deceased 2010) James C. Morton, Greenville – Morton Consulting Inc. Ronald C. Coward, Charleston – Coward Hund Construction Company William L. Mazilly, Irvine, California – Fluor Daniel Thomas L. Gregory, Columbia – Gregory Electric John M. Settle, Charleston – Community First Bank
2015
Governor Haley locks arms with policy leaders in removing the Confederate Flag from the Statehouse grounds to a new home in a S.C. museum
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