While jobs and economic development will be paramount in next year's gubernatorial race, one underlying question Democratic primary voters -- and perhaps, voters in general -- must answer is how they feel about the candidates' own professions. ...

During his tour of Spartanburg's micro brewery, RJ Rockers officials told Sheheen that their use of solar panels to heat water had helped reduce the company's power costs by about 30 percent -- and that's in their new facility, which is about four times larger than their old one.

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