South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants lawmakers to set aside $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief money and surplus money to pay for the first segment of a long-desired interstate link between Interstate 95 and Myrtle Beach.
Just a little more than a month after figuring out how to spend $11 billion in this year’s state budget, South Carolina senators are starting to talk about how to spend $2.5 billion more of federal COVID-19 relief.
The federal financial relief programs aimed at minimizing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to expire. 16 months after those measures were created, lawmakers aren’t focused on extending them again.
