COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman says Gov. Nikki Haley’s education proposal includes more loans and scholarships for teachers in poor, rural school districts. Spearman and Haley are set to make a joint announcement Wednesday afternoon in rural Gaston. The announcement comes as legislators try to figure out how to respond to a state Supreme Court ruling…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Following is the full text of the Republican Address to the Nation by Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), as prepared for delivery: “Good evening. “I’m Nikki Haley, Governor of the great state of South Carolina. “I’m speaking tonight from Columbia, our state’s capital city. Much like America as a whole, ours is a state with a rich and…
(ABC News) — With the end of President Obama’s final State of the Union address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sought in her Republican Party response to turn the page on his presidency and look towards the future -– one she said would be brighter under a Republican president. “Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a year when a church massacre and catastrophic flooding put her in the spotlight, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will get further national exposure when she gives the Republican response to the State of the Union address. But she’s not new to the national stage. In 2012, she spoke at the Republican National Convention and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two refugees from Syria have relocated to South Carolina and, despite the wishes of Gov. Nikki Haley, another Syrian family is coming. A Social Services Department spokeswoman tells local media that two Syrians were relocated to the Midlands this month though Lutheran Services Carolinas, a private resettlement agency. That agency tells DSS another family from Syria…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has warned the Department of Energy she expects South Carolina to collect a $1 million daily fine for the agency’s failure to meet a Jan. 1 nuclear fuel deadline. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Haley told Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz that South Carolina “will almost certainly be forced” to sue…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley says the state needs to sell its “money pits,” starting with eight properties that include the state Education Department’s administration building. Haley said Wednesday selling those properties identified so far would enable taxpayers to avoid spending $30 million on maintenance and other expenses over five years. The figure is not a direct savings,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has told a group of senior military officers cuts to the nation’s military have gone too far and she wants to work to reverse them. The Republican governor made the comments Wednesday during her annual meeting with the commanders of the state’s military installations. Haley told the group recent cuts to U.S. forces…
