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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell released his payroll expense tax (PET) report for 2024 Tuesday, and its projections came up nearly $50 million short. “Today’s announcement that PET revenues collected in 2024 were $47 million lower than projected requires action to ensure our budget remains balanced,” Harrell explained in a statement. Harrell said that his 2025 budget proposal was based on the projections from the independent Office of Economic and Revenue Forecasts. But since they got it wrong, the mayor said for the 2026 budget, “my office will consider all options, including additional revenue sources and appropriate expense reductions, to ensure...

Paul Harrell instructed his brother to post his goodbye video when he died. His brother posted it today.

Edgar Harrell, the last surviving Marine of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II, has died. Harrell died Saturday, according to an organization devoted to preserving the ship's legacy. He was 96. The Facebook group said in a post that it was "shocked and saddened" by the news. "Ed was beloved among the group, and traveled the world sharing the story of his ship and shipmates," the group wrote. "He joined the crew as a sea-going marine in 1944, meaning he was one of the best of the best. During his time aboard ship, he helped guard...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell said Thursday that he is endorsing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the state's Republican primary. "Cathy and I make these decisions together. We believe Newt Gingrich is the right choice for South Carolina, and for the United States," Harrell said in a statement the Gingrich campaign released. "His commitment to the conservative principles of lower taxes, smaller government, and economic development are key to restoring America to greatness. "Speaker Gingrich is the only candidate with proven leadership experience, which is what we need to effect real change in Washington." Harrell...

Activists seek to oust GOP legislative leadersBy John O’Connor Updated: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 07:02 AM COLUMBIA - Conservative activists are stepping up their efforts to oust legislative leadership, launching a petition drive to replace the House speaker and change Senate rules for seniority-based chairmen. The effort raises questions about where Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley's allegiances lie -- with the insurgents with whom she is politically aligned or with legislative leadership with whom she has pledged to work? The focus of the conservative activists is House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, and the State...

"We'll get you," Diena Thompson said today on "Good Morning America." "And, hopefully, justice will be served."

Just breaking...found in a Georgia landfill..confirmed by Gov. Crist

A new letter from House Speaker Bobby Harrell places blame for the state’s high unemployment at the feet of Gov. Mark Sanford, alleging that the governor is not interested in creating and preserving jobs in South Carolina. “Unemployment has consistently risen during your administration, and you have refused to present even a single key jobs-creating initiative to the General Assembly,” Harrell wrote in the letter dated Monday. He challenges Sanford to address the problem. “The power to reduce this number lies almost exclusively in your hands, as it has for the entirety of your administration,” Harrell wrote. The letter touches...

The wife, myself and my 2 ½ year old daughter were in Florida for a week…..after scouting the C-USA and ACC football championship games we spent three days in Disney World for “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” and from a Christian point of view I must tell you how pleasantly surprised I was. At all three parks we visited Magic Kingdom-MGM-Epcot, Christmas carols blared from the speaker- and many of them were religious hymns most of us will sing in church on Christmas Eve or the day itself…”Hark the Harrell Angels”, “What Child is this?” and many more were heard...