August 29, 2008 RSS feed / Business

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Bill Ellis, the city's deputy director of finance

Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
The City of Columbia is in the hunt for a new chief financial officer. The position is officially known as the director of finance. More...

Folks about town

Reverend Dr. William "Bill" Bishop of Leesville has been appointed by Governor Mark Sanford to the S.C. Commission on Disabilities and Special Needs. He will represent the Second Congressional District. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

USC funding External grant funding at USC increased to $206 million, up 11% from $185.7 million last year. Funding from the National Science Foundation rose almost 50% from $11 million to $16 million. More...

City subcontractor over-contributes to Coble

By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com

More than two years ago, a Columbia Star investigation of campaign contributions among members of Columbia City Council revealed some disagreements with the South Carolina Ethics Commission, particularly with Section 8-13-1342, which is quoted here More...

South Carolina Bar offers free legal clinics in Midlands

Local attorneys to speak on a variety of legal topics
Contributed by the South Carolina Bar

The South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor two free legal clinics in the Midlands in September. The schedule is as follows: • September 9—wills, estates and probate issues, featuring Roger B. Jellenik of Camden. More...


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