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Larry Grooms

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Name: Larry Grooms

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tom Davis

Triangulating the Budget

“William Wallace Caucus” Has Tipped Balance of Power in SenateTweetState Sen. Hugh Leatherman (R-Florence) has some really tough choices to make.To get his vision of how the state should handle its billions in the coming fiscal year, the chair of the ... [Published Columbia Free-Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hugh Leatherman, Triangulation, William Wallace, Gerald Malloy, Tom Davis

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Dorchester County Investigating 'Suspicious' Death

Dorchester County Coroner's Officer is investigation the death of a 37-year-old woman found dead in her bathtub April 27.Coroner Chris Nisbet called her death "suspicious" and said the investigation is ongoing.According to the incident report, Tabetha ... [Published Summerville Patch - May 18 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Suspicious Death, first responders, W. Turner (MCC cricketer)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

CITGO

South Carolina police investigating 'suspicious' death of Quincy native

Tabetha Thayer GroomsHerald-Whig Staff WriterPolice in Dorchester County, S.C., are investigating the death of a Quincy native who was living in Summerville, S.C.Tabetha Thayer Grooms, 37, died on May 9 at a Charleston, S.C., hospital. Coroner Chris Nisbet ... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 17 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Investigation, Police, CITGO

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

SC Senate to take up controversial school-choice proposal

COLUMBIA, SC — The S.C. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial school-choice proposal next week that the upper house’s leader says “could be very close.”The vote will come on an amendment to the state’s budget, which senators have been debating all ... [Published South Carolina State - May 17 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Medicaid, Jake Knotts, Larry Grooms

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

South Carolina Struggles With Road Funding

Local and State NewsTweetSouth Carolina’s roads and bridges are in notoriously poor shape. For instance, there are more than 400 bridges in the state across which heavy trucks can’t travel because of fears they might collapse. And that’s just the bridges ... [Published Columbia Free-Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Transportation, Michael Covington

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

State Senate moves to suspend eye-exam rule for drivers

COLUMBIA — Drivers in violation of a state law requiring them to take an eye exam each five years may be getting a break from the Senate.The Senate has voted to suspend a part of the law that penalizes drivers who fail to take an eye exam.Senate Transportation ... [Published South Carolina State - May 15 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Department of Motor Vehicles, Suspension

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Time for a Law Review

Thursday’s editorial:South Carolina budget hawks have long been fond of touting the need for zero-based budgeting. The idea – in which state agencies would have to justify all of their spending, not just the increases or differences from year to year ... [Published Myrtle Beach Sun News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Kazimierz Pułaski, John Adams (fmr President), Larry Grooms

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Jones: Tax credits + private schools = bad public policy

Columbia, SC — Here they go again. Each year, right-wing legislators introduce schemes to subsidize private education under the guise of public education “reform,” employing euphemisms such as “choice” and “competition.” This year’s scheme, introduced ... [Published South Carolina State - May 09 2013]

Entities: Religion, Private School, Larry Grooms

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Grooms: Don't write me in; support Sanford instead

CHARLESTON, S.C. --State Sen. Larry Grooms is disavowing a write-in campaign and urging voters in next week's 1st District special congressional election to support fellow Republican Mark Sanford.Grooms, who finished third in the 16-way GOP primary in ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 02 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Mark Sanford, Republican Party (US)

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

PAC pushes write-in campaign for Larry Grooms in SC1 race

Calling upon voters in the First Congressional District to reject the "radical liberal policies" of Democratic nominee Elizabeth Colbert Busch and the "daily embarrassments" of GOP nominee and former Gov. Mark Sanford, a California-based political action ... [Published Live 5 WCSC - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Mark Sanford, Republican Party (US), Jenny Sanford, Tim Scott

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

SC Senate Looking for Funding Options for State Roads

Posted:Updated:Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:43 PM ESTConstruction underway on I-20 in Richland County.COLUMBIA, S.C. -State senators know they need to find a way to spend more on South Carolina's crumbling roads and bridges. But there are so many different ... [Published WJBF-TV - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Hugh Leatherman, Larry Grooms

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Say no to school choice bill

Say this for state lawmakers promoting a bill to give tax credits to families who send their children to private schools: they?re tenacious. But that doesn?t mean they deserve to succeed.Year after year, so-called school choice bills fail in the state ... [Published Rock Hill Herald - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Larry Grooms, Wes Hayes, Private School

Quotes

"She moved away to better her life and had done so. She was doing really well," said Quincyan Crystal Plunk, who grew up with Tabetha Grooms. "it's a shame, a horrible shame."

South Carolina police investigating 'suspicious' death of Quincy native [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 17 2013]

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Triangulating the Budget [Published Columbia Free-Times - May 20 2013]
Dorchester County Investigating 'Suspicious' Death [Published Summerville Patch - May 18 2013]
South Carolina police investigating 'suspicious... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 17 2013]
SC Senate to take up controversial school-choic... [Published South Carolina State - May 17 2013]
South Carolina Struggles With Road Funding [Published Columbia Free-Times - May 16 2013]
State Senate moves to suspend eye-exam rule for... [Published South Carolina State - May 15 2013]
Time for a Law Review [Published Myrtle Beach Sun News - May 09 2013]
Jones: Tax credits + private schools = bad publ... [Published South Carolina State - May 09 2013]
Gender and Geography Will Decide Colbert Busch-... [Published West Ashley Patch - May 06 2013]
Sanford campaigns in Beaufort [Published WJCL ABC 22 - May 03 2013]
Gov. Nikki Haley Will Sign the 'Boland Bill' Gu... [Published Mount Pleasant Patch - May 03 2013]
Gov. Nikki Haley Will Sign the 'Boland Bill' [Published West Ashley Patch - May 03 2013]
Grooms: Don't write me in; support Sanford instead [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 02 2013]
PAC pushes write-in campaign for Larry Grooms i... [Published Live 5 WCSC - Apr 26 2013]
Write-in campaign launched for conservative alt... [Published The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Rese ... - Apr 26 2013]
SC ponders many routes to repair roads [Published Individual.com - Apr 25 2013]
SC Senate Looking for Funding Options for State... [Published WJBF-TV - Apr 25 2013]
SC ponders many routes to repair roads [Published South Carolina State - Apr 25 2013]
Say no to school choice bill [Published Rock Hill Herald - Apr 22 2013]
The Social Media #Fail of the Mark Sanford Race [Published Slate - David Weigel - Apr 03 2013]
Mark Sanford, former South Carolina governor, w... [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 03 2013]
Runoff is second test in shamed governor's poli... [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 02 2013]
Poli-Takes:The Rattling of the Cages [Published The Moderate Voice - Mar 28 2013]
First Thoughts: Another reminder that elections... [Published First Read - Mar 21 2013]
Sanford Will Face Bostic in Runoff [Published Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - Mar 21 2013]
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: It's Bostic... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 21 2013]
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: It's Bostic... [Published Swing State Project - Mar 21 2013]
Exclusive - Sanford: People Are 'Fearful and Ti... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 20 2013]
CNN projects: Sanford in GOP runoff, Colbert Bu... [Published KSAT 12 - Mar 20 2013]
First Thoughts: What's next in the gun debate? [Published First Read - Mar 20 2013]

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Write-in campaign launched for conservative alt... [Published The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Rese ... - Apr 26 2013] Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s congressional campaign has struggled over the past two weeks. Some conservatives are ready to throw in the towel. One conservative group is launching a write-in campaign for state Senator Larry Grooms, to give ...
The Social Media #Fail of the Mark Sanford Race [Published Slate - David Weigel - Apr 03 2013] The GOP primary in South Carolina's first congressional district was almost completely unsurprising. Pundits expected Mark Sanford to ride name recognition into a runoff berth, then to have the advantage in the runoff itself. He did. The only surprise ...
Mark Sanford, former South Carolina governor, w... [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 03 2013] (CNN) – Mark Sanford appears to have overcome the latest hurdle in his South Carolina political redemption tour, ending Tuesday night with a concession from his opponent in the GOP primary runoff for a U.S. House seat. Early and unofficial results ...
Runoff is second test in shamed governor's poli... [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 02 2013] (CNN) - Call it the next hurdle in Mark Sanford's political redemption tour. The former South Carolina governor, whose political career was sidetracked thanks to a well-publicized affair, faces a Republican primary run-off for his old congressional ...
Poli-Takes:The Rattling of the Cages [Published The Moderate Voice - Mar 28 2013] Historic Tidbit: A young boy intrigued Herbert Hoover,by then an ex-President, with a request for three autographs. Hoover asked why, to which the boy replied, “it takes two of your autographs to get one of Babe Ruth’s.” By Scott Crass Though it ...