COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina lawmakers met again almost two weeks after the General Assembly adjourned its regular session, but still could not reach a compromise on bills about the failed nuclear reactor project in the state and cutting power rates. ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina lawmakers say they need more time to figure out the state’s $8 billion spending plan for the new fiscal year starting July 1. In a joint statement released May 16, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman of ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A committee of South Carolina lawmakers has returned to the Statehouse to finalize their proposed $8 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. Members of the House and Senate held a joint committee meeting May 15, a ...

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AIKEN (AP) Energy Secretary Rick Perry has formally ended construction of a facility meant to reprocess weapons-grade plutonium and uranium into fuel for reactors, a key element of the nation’s commitment to containing the global nuclear threat. Perry executed a ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina legislative session is over, but lawmakers still have work to do. Over the final two days of the session, the General Assembly passed dozens of bills that included banning drones from flying near prisons, increasing ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina House members say they are divided along party lines on how to allocate money for the next fiscal year. The chamber adjourned April 26 after hours of debate on an amendment to the Senate’s $8 billion budget ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Senate has passed the state’s $8 billion budget for next fiscal year. Senators voted 37-4 on Thursday to approve the spending plan. The bill will likely go to a committee of House and Senate members to ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina House lawmakers have approved a budget to fund state government for the coming year. Legislators late March 13 voted 116-2 to approve the state’s more than $8 billion budget plan. The chamber reconvened early March 14 for another ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Both temperatures and tempers are likely to run hot as lawmakers return to Washington for an abbreviated 6-week summertime session featuring a handful of must-do legislation and the roll-out of a House GOP campaign agenda that’s a ...

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MARION (AP) — Marion County Administrator Tim Harper keeps wishing he could give county workers raises or hire replacements as some of his employees retire or leave. But he hasn’t been able to fill a seven-year hole in his budget ...

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