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Thursday, December 15, 2011  Governor Nikki Haley refused to answer questions from reporters Thursday regarding her role in dictating how federal health care reform should be enacted.

Monday, August 29, 2011  Small business owners are invited to meetings across South Carolina to learn how the federal health care law could affect them.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  Representative Kenneth Hodges is announcing June as Microenterprise Development Month, gathering with small business leaders to try and bring some attention back to Main Street amid a din of vocal Amazon supporters flooding the State House.  A microenterprise is defined as a business with five or less employees.  A majority of businesses in the county fall into this category.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  Amazon has halted the hiring process for a warehouse operation it plans to build in Lexington County while it awaits a sales tax break from state lawmakers.

Monday, April 04, 2011  The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce is the latest group to oppose a sales tax exemption for an Amazon.com distribution center that could employ 3,000 people in Lexington County. The group says the state should not be encouraging people to buy online instead of from South Carolina stores.