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Written By Eric K. Ward
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
It’s a very big “if.”
However, if proposed tax subsidies for a large retail development planned for the Lowcountry make it through the General Assembly, the incentives would pose a ...
Friday, June 04, 2010
Three recent case studies in state economic development incentives show that the General Assembly’s practice of serving up such corporate welfare makes for anything but an exact science and a ...
Monday, May 03, 2010
Proposed handouts on behalf of South Carolina taxpayers to a politically connected out-of-state company to build an upscale shopping mall in the Lowcountry have been like the proverbial Energizer bunny ...
Written By Rick Brundrett
Thursday, April 01, 2010
In what might be a first for South Carolina, a private developer and contractor hope to get at least $3.5 million in taxpayer-supported incentives to help build an upscale residential ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Withering opposition that began with one state senator and grew into a broad coalition apparently has dealt a death blow to tens of millions of dollars in proposed state subsidies ...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
An S.C. Senate bill that would give sales tax rebates to the developer of a proposed Jasper County mega-mall relies on a state law that designates those revenues for school ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A state senator who opposes millions of dollars in tax breaks proposed for a large retail developer says attorneys for the company offered to hire him after he expressed his ...
Written By Kevin Dietrich
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Debate on S.C. House bill H. 4200, which would provide millions in incentives to big-box sporting goods retailers, was adjourned Wednesday until March 23.
The bill, believed to be ...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
South Carolina is not for sale.
That is the message a bipartisan group of nonprofit organizations delivered at the State House in Columbia this morning.
Members of the coalition, including ...
Written By Tom Hatfield
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
South Carolina legislators appear determined to dole out retail tax incentives to private out-of-state companies.
This week, lawmakers may take up a pair of bills that would give out potentially ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
There’s nothing like money in your pocket.
Nearly a half-billion dollars in state job development credits – a widely popular taxpayer-funded payout – have been claimed by S.C. businesses ...
Written By Jane Page Thompson
Proponents of H 3272 ask a simple question when discussing the point-of-sale bill: It is better to have part of something than all of nothing when houses and buildings do not ...
Policy Council member Kate Keep addressed the Beaufort County Council regarding the issue of incentives for developer Sembler Co. on Feb. 8, 2010.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BEAUFORT – Beaufort-area residents packed the County Council chambers Monday, with several expressing concern over a proposed $400 million upscale mall being planned by the Sembler Co.
While some ...
Monday, February 08, 2010
Sembler Co. officials will make their case before the Beaufort County Council Monday afternoon as to why they should receive incentives for a proposed $400 million upscale mall.
Jeff ...
Friday, February 05, 2010
The state’s chief economist says a megamall the Florida-based Sembler Co. aims to build in the Lowcountry is unlikely to increase overall sales, but instead would probably shift retail patterns ...
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Republican S.C. Sen. Greg Ryberg of Aiken is continuing his one-man war against millions of dollars in proposed state subsidies for an upscale shopping mall planned for the Jasper County ...
Friday, January 29, 2010
The fate of a controversial proposed state sales tax break for a shopping mall the Florida-based Sembler Co. wants to build in Jasper County remains uncertain three weeks into this ...
Friday, January 15, 2010
When Canada-based Western Star Trucks Inc. announced in December 1998 that it would build a $25 million truck assembly plant in North Charleston employing 400 workers, local leaders were giddy ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The nickname of a bill that would provide tax breaks for a proposed retail development in Jasper County dubbed Okatie Crossings – and other projects – might tell taxpayers all ...
Many South Carolinians may not recognize the name of the man associated with the controversial Okatie Crossings development project, but don’t underestimate his influence – or ability to generate controversy....
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