SC House passes private school voucher bill
SC House lawmakers have passed a bill that allows parents to receive vouchers for private schools.
SC House lawmakers have passed a bill that allows parents to receive vouchers for private schools.
After eight years of trying to persuade his fellow lawmakers in the South Carolina House to require hands-free cellphone use while driving, a little pain might have helped Rep. Bill Taylor get his bill passed Wednesday.
House members at the State House have approved the $14 billion spending plan for South Carolina.
At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week, but is wasn’t as easy as that makes it seem.
The South Carolina House opened its newest session Tuesday with an unsuccessful long shot challenge of the Speaker that could be a preview of fighting among Republicans over which group truly deserves to identify as conservative.
The legislative session may have ended but South Carolina lawmakers are back in Columbia.
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.
In the midst of the state budget, the topic of a tuition freeze for in-state college students came up again.
The South Carolina House gave key approval Tuesday to the state’s $13.2 billion spending plan, including raises for teachers and state employees, $500 million in property tax relief, $200 million for bridges and $100 million to continue long-term income tax cuts.
A landmark Health Agency Reform Bill is one step closer to becoming law in South Carolina after passing in the House on Wednesday.