BRIEFS: Goldfinch urges flooding fixes now
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | Coronavirus and the state’s budget may be the top priorities in the lead-up to a September mini-legislative session, but flooding also isn’t going away and...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: State revenues to look similar to 2018-2019 levels
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | South Carolina state revenue forecasters predicted Aug. 31 that the state’s income for the current fiscal year will shrink by 3 percent from 2019-2020...
View ArticleNEW for 9/11: On hate crimes, next week’s session and kindness
INSIDE ISSUE 19.37 | Sept. 11, 2020 BIG STORY: Citizen coalition pushes to enact hate crimes legislation in S.C. NEWS BRIEFS: What to expect in next week’s session SPOTLIGHT: Riley Institute at Furman...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: What to expect in next week’s session
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | The state’s 2020-21 budget and allocation of federal pandemic aid money will loom large over the special session called for the House and Senate next week,...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Tax breaks take millions from S.C. schools, report says
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | When a corporation lands a county tax break in South Carolina, the school district has zero say and stands to lose thousands of dollars per child....
View ArticleNEW for 11/13: Big pot of money; Democrats have keys; Ripple; Pedro
INSIDE ISSUE 19.46 | Nov. 13, 2020 BIG STORY: Big pot of money waits for legislators to spend next year NEWS BRIEFS: Setzler to step down as Senate Democratic leader LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: A ripple...
View ArticleNEW for 1/1: New year, new stories, 20th birthday
INSIDE THIS ISSUE BIG STORY: Legislature poised to tackle multiple issues amidst pandemic LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Too small for a republic COMMENTARY, Brack: Legislators should be bold after a decade of...
View ArticleBIG STORY: Legislature poised to tackle multiple issues amidst pandemic
By Andy Brack and Rodney Welch | The typically conservative S.C. General Assembly will be conservative with the coronavirus pandemic when the 2021 session opens, particularly after at least two...
View ArticleNEW for 1/15: Santee Cooper update; McMaster’s proposals; Abortion debate
INSIDE THIS ISSUE BIG STORY: Lawmakers still stuck on Santee Cooper NEWS BRIEFS: McMaster proposes millions of new spending LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Everybody hates it COMMENTARY, Brack: Mind-numbing,...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: McMaster proposes millions of new spending
Staff reports | S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster this week proposed millions of dollars of spending in his State of the State address to deal with lagging and critical South Carolina issues. The General...
View ArticleNEW for 3/5: On solar energy, budget, how S.C. is doing, truth
INSIDE STATEHOUSE REPORT BIG STORY: Dominion solar energy proposal could dim S.C. market, critics say NEWS BRIEFS: State budget proposes more spending on teachers, nurses, guards LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail:...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: State budget proposes more for teachers, nurses, guards
Staff reports | The S.C. House Ways and Means committee on Thursday approved a $9.8 billion state budget proposal that would spend more money on teachers, nurses, guards and prisons. The proposal...
View ArticleNEW for 3/12: Distilleries fight; Budget reporting; Hate crime bill
INSIDE THIS EDITION BIG STORY: S.C. distilleries fight for fairness in legislature NEWS BRIEFS: Hate crime bill stripped of LGBTQ, other protections LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: What “open carry” means...
View ArticleBRACK: Why budget reporting matters
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....
View ArticleBIG STORY: $500 million fund is new to state’s $10 billion spending plan
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolina House members will consider something new next week in the state’s $10 billion budget -- a single line item that sets aside $500 million to keep...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Senate committee picks symmetrical state flag design
Staff reports | Symmetry won the day Wednesday -- or at the very least the majority vote by the Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee -- when it comes to the state flag's proposed...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: S.C. House passes milestone hate crimes bill
By Sam Spence, special to Statehouse Report | South Carolina is one step closer to having a hate crime law after House members passed the legislation Wednesday. By a count of 79-29, the bill passed...
View ArticleNEW for 4/23: Time running out; Political talk; Santee Cooper breathes
INSIDE STATEHOUSE REPORT | APRIL 23, 2021 BIG STORY: Clock winds down on legislature as budget debate to start NEWS BRIEFS: Senate vote gives Santee Cooper room to breathe LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Hung up...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Conservationists applaud PSC decision on rooftop solar
Staff reports | The state Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday unanimously rejected a rate plan by Dominion Energy that conservationists said would have made it too costly for homeowners to...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: One week to go in regular legislative session
Staff reports | With just three legislative days left in this year’s regular session of the General Assembly, the fate of two much-discussed bills remains unclear. Senators have moved forward with...
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