South Carolina on Thursday October 29, 2009

SC: Boeing deal puts North Charleston in front lines of aircraft manufacturing
By John McDermott , The Greenville News
The deal could create an entirely new industry for South Carolina, with some officials likening the prize to the BMW car plant that opened in the Upstate 15 years ago.
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SC: Lawmakers offered lure worth $450M
By Katy Stech and Yvonne Wenger , The Post and Courier (Charleston)
Fifteen minutes before South Carolina announced to the world that it is the new home of Boeing Co.'s second Dreamliner assembly line, the power brokers sat together in Senate leader Glenn McConnell's office and huddled around the phone. (Also see: WA: 'We did all we could' to keep 787 work, Gregoire says, but GOP disagrees and SC: S.C. officials worked years to win the 787 plant prize
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SC: S.C. officials worked years to win the 787 plant prize
By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier (Charleston)
While Boeing Co. did not publicly disclose plans for a second 787 assembly line until this year, the effort to lure the investment and jobs to South Carolina can be traced back to June 2003.
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SC: It's official -- Sheheen is in race to be governor
By Staff Reports, The State (Columbia)
State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Kershaw, formally announced his candidacy for governor Wednesday.
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SC: C-17 arrives at base
By Schuyler Kropf , The Post and Courier (Charleston)
Air Force and Boeing aviation officials said it was just a coincidence the Charleston Air Force Base's 58th C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane arrived the very same day Boeing picked North Charleston as its new commercial jet expansion site.
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WA: Machinists disappointed, call union 'a handy scapegoat'
By Lynn Thompson, Sonia Krishnan and Melissa Allison, The Seattle Times
Machinists in Everett expressed disappointment Wednesday at Boeing's decision to locate the second 787 assembly line in South Carolina but said that the union wasn't to blame for the outcome.
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WA: Hutchison faults Gregoire, Constantine on 787 decision
By Bob Young, The Seattle Times
King County executive candidate Susan Hutchison lashed out at her opponent, Dow Constantine, and Gov. Chris Gregoire for Boeing's decision to move a 787 assembly line to South Carolina, saying it represented an "abject failure of our government and our elected officials."
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WA: 'We did all we could' to keep 787 work, Gregoire says, but GOP disagrees
By Andrew Garber and Kyung M. Song, The Seattle Times
Republicans quickly blamed Democrats Wednesday for failing to prevent Boeing from deciding to build a second 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina.
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SC: Recreating local plants in S.C.
By Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times
By 2016, Boeing's East Coast complex will grow to more than 6,400 employees due to the company's decision Wednesday to put a second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston, S.C., rather than in Everett.
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SC: City won't investigate former lawmaker's traffic stop
By Adam Beam , The State (Columbia)
Columbia's assistant city manager for public safety says the city will not formally investigate an incident Monday involving former state Assistant Attorney General Roland Corning.
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