SC House to take up sales tax exemptions bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is debating a bill that eliminates two dozen sales tax exemptions worth less than $13 million.
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SC House approves bills cutting income taxes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved bills cutting state income taxes.
SC House Approves Bill Cutting Income Taxes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina House has approved a bill cutting personal income taxes. Legislators voted 104-3 on Tuesday to collapse the state's tax brackets and give all residents who pay taxes a modest break. Budget advisors expect it would reduce state revenues by $78 million.
SC House panel OKs cutting sales tax exemptions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina House panel has approved a bill eliminating most of the state's sales tax exemptions, but not before adding back a few on its list to keep.
SC legislators to propose education funding reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bi-partisan group of South Carolina legislators wants to create a uniform education funding system that boosts funding for most students while cutting property taxes for businesses and rental owners.
SC Democrats call for open ethics investigations
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Senate Democrats want to remove the secrecy that surrounds investigations by the House and Senate ethics committees.
SC Democrats Call for Open Investigations
South Carolina Senate Democrats want to remove the secrecy that surrounds investigations by the House and Senate ethics committees.
SC bill doesn't touch sales tax cap on vehicles
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The poster child for outdated sales tax exemptions in South Carolina is the $300 sales tax cap on vehicles.
SC Bill: Sales Tax Cap on Vehicles
The poster child for outdated sales tax exemptions in South Carolina is the $300 sales tax cap on vehicles.
14 people file to run in SC's new 7th District
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people have filed to run for Congress in South Carolina's new 7th District.
SC Gov. Haley stumps for Romney in Pa.
CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is making the case for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, telling a gathering of conservatives that Romney has her support because he's a Washington, D.C., outsider and has been tested in the private sector.
SC House Democrats try to give employees a bonus
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Efforts by House Democrats to give South Carolina's public employees a one-time bonus in November have failed.
SC Senate To Elect New Leader
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina senators will choose a new leader this week after Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell is sworn in as the next lieutenant governor.
SC Democrats meet to discuss issues, campaigns
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrats from across South Carolina are meeting in Columbia for the state Democratic Party's annual issues conference.
SC Gov Haley bashing House budget-writers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is lambasting the House budget-writing committee for not including $140 million worth of tax cuts in their spending plan for the coming year.
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