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From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday her state will take part in the new federal scholarship tax credit, making her the second Democratic governor to voluntarily opt in to the school choice program created in last year federal tax and spending law. Hochul follows Colorado Gov. Jared…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Organizers of Bank of America Fall for Greenville delayed Saturday’s festival start to 4 p.m. as Hurricane Isaias sent wind and rain into the Upstate, city and festival officials said Friday. Festival directors and city staff, working with the Greenville City Fire Department, planned to meet Saturday…
From HERE Greenville
Greenville, S.C. — Harper General Contractors opened a new office Oct. 8 in the Poinsett Highway corridor after investing nearly $7 million in an underused area just north of the city, the company said. The Club Road office is Harper’s third in Greenville and will employ 100 full-time, salaried workers…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Farm & Home Supply, a family-owned farm and home retailer from Illinois, plans to open three stores and a distribution center in South Carolina, its first move outside the Midwest in the company 66-year history. The new stores will be in Cheraw, Florence and Greenwood, and the…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County Council has created the Mountain Creek Community Overlay District, locking tighter subdivision rules onto about 4,000 acres near Paris Mountain, State Park Road, Wade Hampton Boulevard and Rutherford Road in Greenville County, S.C. The ordinance adds larger minimum lot sizes, wider tree buffers and stronger…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are entering triage mode four weeks from Election Day, with a growing number privately fearing their chances of holding the majority are vanishing as President Donald Trump approval ratings sink even on traditionally red turf. Republicans currently hold a narrow 218-214 seat advantage. An analysis of…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — With less than a month until Election Day, the economy is the dominant issue for midterm voters, and a new national voter panel shows Americans across the political spectrum also wrestling with immigration enforcement, healthcare and the war in Iran as they prepare to deliver a first national…
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