Associated Press • Anderson Independent Mail.com
August 27, 2010
PICKENS - - State investigators have identified nearly three dozen illegal immigrants working at school construction sites in one South Carolina county, and fined a company, officials announced Friday.
The state agency overseeing South Carolina's illegal immigration law reported that five subcontractors have been cited for employing 35 illegal workers - 32 of them identified since the 2008 law began applying to all businesses July 1.
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S.C. Touts Crack Down on Hiring, Ariz. Law Yields Few Results
South Carolina officials say a statewide auditing system has produced a 92 percent compliance rate with the state's ban on hiring illegal immigrants. Arizona has no auditing system and the state's ‘tough' law on hiring has produced three small cases in three years.
By Allison Carlton • News 21 Latino America
http://asu.news21.com/2010/hiring-of-illegal-immigrants/ |
Meeting to review planned EPA regulations tonight
By John C. Stevenson • Staff Writer • GreenvilleOnline • Published: August 24. 2010
PICKENS - As the waiting game for tougher emissions standards continues, local politicians are gearing up to defend against what they describe as the standards' devastating effects.
State Sen. Larry Martin said the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed new standards would cause tremendous changes in area transportation, as well as business expansions and new-business recruiting.
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By Ben Szobody • Staff writer • Greenvilleonline.com • Published: August 09. 2010 2:00AM - Last modified: August 09. 2010 8:24AM
It won't take long for the public to see if South Carolina's next governor can conduct public business more effectively with the General Assembly, House Speaker Bobby Harrell said.
Democrat Vincent Sheheen has wasted no time trying to liken Republican Nikki Haley to Gov. Mark Sanford, whose relationship with the Legislature has been notoriously bad and led to a nationally watched stalemate over accepting federal stimulus money.
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Larry A. Martin is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing District 2 (Pickens County) since 1992. He previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 through 1992. Senator Martin is a leader in the South Carolina Senate and serves as Chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, where he was instrumental in major reforms of the Senate rules of procedure in 2001 and 2005. He also serves on the Banking and Insurance; Education; General; and Judiciary committees. 
