August 15, 2008 RSS feed / Business

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John Courson of Keenan & Suggs Insurance

Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
S. C. State Senator John Courson (R- Richland) is running for re- election this November. He's held the position since 1984. So far, no opposition has surfaced. The deadline for filing to run as a Democrat has passed. More...

Folks about town

Jeffrey Roberts, who runs a Kirby Distributorship in West Columbia, has won a trip to Paris from the Kirby Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Joshua Burgess, a doctoral student in history at USC, has been named the first recipient of the John G. More...

MACST launches Famously Hot campaign

Contributed by The Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism

The Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism (MACST) launched a new marketing campaign August 12 to attract meetings and conventions, sports groups, and leisure visitors to Columbia. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Dropping revenues Budget gaps are expected to follow the predicted drop- offs in the state's revenues. The state's Budget and Control Board is already asking state agencies to save two percent of their budgets. More...

City Subcontracting Outreach Program costs taxpayers millions more

Commentary by John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com

What has already appeared before Columbia City Council, a million- dollar difference between the lowest bidder and the winning bidder in a city construction project, happened last Wednesday, August 6. More...

Columbia Sertoma Club raises $110,000

Contributed by the Columbia Sertoma Club

The Columbia Sertoma Club raised more than $110,000 during its just- completed 2007- 2008 fiscal year. Sertoma used the money raised to assist more than 22 Columbia- based organizations. More...


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