South Carolina Statehouse Blog

This week, South Carolina’s General Assembly is meeting to discuss the budget shortfall and in particular, cuts that can be made to the budget. Representative Michael Pitts agreed to give me an interview about his thoughts on the budget cut bill, H. 5300.
To start off, I asked Representative Pitts what are some of the […]

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The South Carolina General Assembly is convening for an emergency session on Monday, October 20th to address a substantial budget shortfall. The shortfall of more than $200 million is a result of an unforeseen significant drop in tax revenues across the state. To bring light to what is happening and what should be done in […]

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Yesterday morning, I made my first excursion to the South Carolina state house to interview Republican Representative Nathan Ballentine of Lexington County. Ballentine’s name is on the list of representatives in the House Ways and Means committee supporting the recent “Appropriations Bill Earmark Disclosure Act.”
This Earmark Disclosure Act, officially referred to as House Bill 4356, […]

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