SC Senate holding removal hearing for State Treasurer Curtis Loftis
At the SC State House, State Treasurer Curtis Loftis’ Senate removal hearing is set to get underway.
At the SC State House, State Treasurer Curtis Loftis’ Senate removal hearing is set to get underway.
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis is rejecting calls for his removal by a Senate Finance Subcommittee.
House members at the State House have approved the $14 billion spending plan for South Carolina.
In a fiery exchange Thursday, Feb. 27, State Treasurer Curtis Loftis testified to members of South Carolina’s “Finance Constitutional” Subcommittee regarding a 1.8 billion accounting error.
After trailing 287 votes after Election Night, Malloy only lost by 87 votes according to a recount conducted by the state election commission.
Both candidates claimed their party’s nomination after winning runoff elections in June.
The legislative session may have ended but South Carolina lawmakers are back in Columbia.
South Carolina Senate approved a bill that would change the way judges are brought up for election before the general assembly.
Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law increasing penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation are running out of time to get what could be a decisive vote in the state Senate.
The bill now heads to the governor’s desk, but there is expected to be another legal challenge.