state budget

The South Carolina House ground to a halt at times Wednesday on its next-to-the-last day as members fought over rules and traded thinly veiled insults.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 27, 2024: we look at changes made by the Senate in their version of the state’s operating budget the chamber approved this week; we hear a songful testimony before a House judiciary subcommittee; we also talk with talk to Sen. Larry Grooms, who is leading an investigation into the $1.8 billion discrepancy on the state treasurer’s books; and more!

The South Carolina Senate has approved its budget. The final vote came Wednesday after approving items like requiring school children use the bathrooms of their sex assigned at birth and whether universities can spend state money to move to another athletic conference.

A South Carolina senator said the elected state treasurer has breached the public trust. The comment Tuesday by Republican state Sen. Larry Grooms came after lawmakers didn't get much clarity as they seek answers about how $1.8 billion ended up passing through a state bank account over the past decade without anyone knowing where it came from or was supposed to go.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for March 16, 2024: we look at the $13.2 billion House-approved budget; we also have some primary news as the filing period for elections opens; SC Public Radio reporter Scott Morgan has an extended, in-depth look at build-to-rent housing; and more!

Teachers and state employees would see raises under a spending plan being debated by the South Carolina House this week.

Rapid population growth is driving the South Carolina governor to suggest more funding for infrastructure projects to keep pace with an influx of newcomers. The request is part of Republican Gov. Henry McMaster's budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year, which he revealed Friday.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has vetoed just $1.5 million out of the state's $13 billion budget for next fiscal year. He announced the vetoes Tuesday. The decision demonstrates an unparalleled level of cooperation between the state's General Assembly and its chief executive. Leaders in the General Assembly say they will end the 2023 session and wait until 2024 to take up the 11 vetoes. The $1.5 million is barely over 0.01% of the 2023-24 fiscal year budget or less than two months of Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney's salary. The new budget starts July 1.

This year’s session of the General Assembly officially ended this week. The Republican led legislature was able to enact a number of G-O-P priorities this session, such as a new six-week abortion law, reform of the state’s bail- bond system, combatting the fentanyl epidemic, streamlining DHEC the state’s public health agency, and approving a record-setting state budget.

June 10, 2023 — A look at the compromise reached by state House and Senate negotiators reached this week over the $13.8 billion state budget; the latest on bond reform legislation heading to Gov. Henry McMaster's desk; updates from the 2024 campaign trail; and more.