COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Ideas including streamlining the appeals process for environmental permits and encouraging traditional neighborhoods such as those in downtown Charleston and Aiken can improve life in South Carolina, according to a report requested by Gov. Mark Sanford.

...County maintenance personnel stopped grading it. The beach's maintenance was stopped when the state Office of Coastal Resource Management adopted rules that protected saltwater marshes as areas critical to the coast's wildlife. Ron Paul wants...