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We need health care reform in the U.S. and we need it now.
Are emergency medical technicians more like doctors or police officers and firefighters? When it comes to disclosing information about them to the public, they are a little bit like all of them – or none of them – according to an S.C. Senate committee.
A bill that would prohibit those driving with a learners' permit or age-restricted license from talking or texting on a cell phone narrowly passed a S.C. House committee last week. It's an excellent idea, but one that needs to be expanded. Why restrict only permit holders?
Financial institutions and the major auto manufacturers aren't the only ones worried about making ends meet. The Tega Cay City Council is meeting next week to take a second and final vote on a measure to borrow $400,000 against anticipated tax revenue. Without the loan, the city will run out of cash before the end of the month.
Earning the title of most endangered river in the nation may be the best thing that has happened for the Catawba River in some time. But if leaders in both North and South Carolina fail to heed the warning, it may prove to be the river's obituary.