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The COVID-19 economic downturn was not as bad as feared in South Carolina, so lawmakers suddenly have a lot more money to spend. The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday set aside money for a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers as the panel approved its version of the roughly $10 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
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This episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 7, 2020, features: a discussion with South Carolina House budget chairman Murrell Smith about how he…
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Last Year's Operating Budget to Remain In EffectIt now appears that South Carolina’s state government will operate for the first half of its’ current…
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The state legislature will return to Columbia next week to once again consider what to do about next year’s operating budget. Uncertainty about the…
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Work is underway at the Statehouse on next year’s $9 Billion state budget which is expected to pump money into reforming the state’s public education…