By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Media have gotten so streamlined that only one newspaper wrote a story last week when the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee approved a $9.8 billion budget.
That’s billion with a “B.” And that “B” means that it matters. But without reporters meticulously covering what’s going on with your state tax dollars throughout the whole process -- and not just at the end when all of the deals have been cut -- then there’s a better likelihood that someone will stick a pet project or two in the budget.
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