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Could SC legislators see first pay increase since 1995? The Senate makes a push
South Carolina’s lawmakers could received a stipend increase for the first time since 1995. The state Senate’s budget ...
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The State House Gavel: Senate passes $14B budget that raises in-district pay for lawmakers
Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to ...
South Carolina Senate votes themselves an expenses bump, saying it's an effort to fight 'The Swamp'
South Carolina Senators added pay raises for themselves to the budget. Supporters say it will allow everyday citizens to ...
SC Senate budget locks in teacher raises. What’s different from the House plan?
For MUSC, the Senate wants to spend $25 million toward a new a college of medicine academic building. But the House wants to spend $6.6 million on a southeastern health consortium, $5.82 million on ...
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South Carolina Senate seek at hearing to remove state treasurer over $1.8B accounting error
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Republican-dominated Senate and its elected Republican treasurer faced off Monday in an extraordinary hearing as senators try to kick the treasurer out ...
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SC Senate advances bill on teacher contracts called a ‘huge win’ for K-12 educators
A bill lauded by teachers' advocates as a major win passed the Senate on Wednesday, April 18, 2025. (File/Getty Images) COLUMBIA — Teachers are celebrating near-passage of a South Carolina bill ...
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Tension over climate change dominates SC environmental nomination hearing
Myra Reece is a career environmental official in South Carolina who was named ... not been confirmed by the S.C. Senate as of April 14, 2025. Sammy Fretwell/The State A Senate committee approved ...
Democrats’ crises begin to play out in early Senate recruitment and first campaigns
Democrats’ panic over what they stand for and whether they can credibly compete beyond the bluest states is already erupting ...
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James Malone declared winner of 36th State Senate District special election
Malone credits residents for voting in a Democratic state ... Senate," Mallinson said. "Picking up a Republican district helps push Democrats along in that goal." He added that redrawing district ...
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SC Senate to debate Educator Assistance Act for the first time
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A bill gaining traction in the State House could impact your ... part of enhancing educator retention in South Carolina.” Teachers receive contracts for the next ...
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Keri Heintzeman wins GOP primary to replace former Sen. Justin Eichorn
Keri Heintzeman won the Republican primary for the Minnesota Senate District 6 special ... in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District and the wife of state Rep. Josh Heintzeman, cruised to ...
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Federal Judges Hear Arguments From NAACP, State Officials Over New Legislative Districts
ordered the state to create new legislative maps that redraw a House district around the Chickasaw County area, a Senate district in DeSoto County and a Senate district in the Hattiesburg area.