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Next month, I will be resigning from the S.C. legislature. For the good of the citizens of South Carolina, I think Gov. Mark Sanford should resign, as well.
Economists and consultants at Thursday's tourism conference painted a bleak picture, now becoming familiar, of the area's economic forecast.
That's happening and reverses a decade-long trend, according to new U.S. Census figures. Gainers in 2008 included such diverse locations as Chicago, Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, and Lincoln, Neb. The Census found that cities losing people, such as Cleveland, were shrinking at a slower rate. (With an 8.2 percent increase in people, New Orleans was the fastest-growing city but is, of course, a special case. Its current population of 312,000 people remains 173,000 below the pre-Hurricane Katrina level...