By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law yesterday the bill spending $350 million on local projects. Legislators passed it last week after the chambers’ chief budget writers reached an agreement. We didn’t write a separate article yesterday, since nothing changed. As expected, he signed it without any line-item vetoes. He also didn’t write a formal accompanying message, though he did issue the following statement:
“Earmarks have long been part of the budget process, and we have worked over the years to make the process for reviewing them more transparent and accountable to the taxpayers of South Carolina. That has been an ongoing process, and we have continued to strengthen the review of proposed earmarks before taxpayer dollars are committed."
“At the end of the day, this is the right thing to do.” - Sen. Tom Young, who chairs the Family and Veterans’ Services Committee, on funding a change in state policy so foster care children keep their benefits.
Gov. Henry McMaster, pictured March 31, issued an order Tuesday toward removing a Charleston County school board member. (File photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
Gov. Henry McMaster took the first step Tuesday toward removing a Charleston County school board member after a state inspection found she may have broken multiple laws. The governor pointed to three of the potential violations identified in the inspector general’s latest report. She has until Sept. 10 to request a hearing.
A change in South Carolina policy would allow foster children whose parents died to receive their Social Security benefits. (Photo illustration by Getty Images)
By Skylar Laird
South Carolina will stop pulling money from orphaned foster children’s benefits if the Department of Social Services can get enough funding to cover their care, Gov. Henry McMaster announced yesterday. The amount DSS needs in next year’s budget is probably less than you’d guess.
A bipartisan bill approved in May removes eviction filings from public records in South Carolina after seven years. The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. (Stock photo/Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Jessica Kaneft
The fourth commentary in the author’s Jericho Road series is about homelessness in South Carolina. “Nearly every other part of life becomes harder when you do not know where you will sleep,” she writes.
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