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The South Carolina senate voted to amend the budget, hoping to increase in-district expenses.
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South Carolina lawmakers consider a nearly $18,000 pay raise
The South Carolina Senate has voted what's effectively an $18,000-a-year pay raise into the state’s spending plan for next ...
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SC Senate votes to amend in-district expense for all lawmakers
The South Carolina senate voted to amend the budget, hoping to increase in-district expenses. In other words, this would ...
Proposed bill would formally define, crack down on ‘coercive control’ in South Carolina
A bill in the South Carolina Senate would further define and make what’s known as “coercive control” a crime in the state.
SC Senate vote again delayed on private school vouchers as time dwindles
Time is running out this year to reinstate a controversial program that gives thousands of South Carolina families taxpayer ...
South Carolinians can be sued for criticizing politicians. A Statehouse bill could stop it.
South Carolina is one of 15 states that allow strategic lawsuits by people in power to dissuade people from criticizing their ...
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The State House Gavel: Senate passes $14B budget that raises in-district pay for lawmakers
Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to ...
South Carolina Senate votes to remove state treasurer over $1.8B accounting error
South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate and its elected Republican treasurer are facing off in an extraordinary hearing ...
South Carolina Senate votes themselves an expenses bump, saying it's an effort to fight 'The Swamp'
South Carolina Senators added pay raises for themselves to the budget. Supporters say it will allow everyday citizens to ...
SC Senate budget locks in teacher raises. What’s different from the House plan?
For MUSC, the Senate wants to spend $25 million toward a new a college of medicine academic building. But the House wants to ...
South Carolina lawmaker introduces coercive control bill nearly 1 year after Mica Miller’s suicide
An Horry County lawmaker has introduced a coercive control bill in the South Carolina Senate nearly one year after the suicide of Mica Miller. Republican State Sen.
Could SC legislators see first pay increase since 1995? The Senate makes a push
South Carolina’s lawmakers could received a stipend increase for the first time since 1995. The state Senate’s budget ...