Stories by Seanna Adcox

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Voters to decide on SC governor ticket

Voters will be asked in November whether the governor and lieutenant governor should run together, but the change wouldn't take place until 2018.
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Haley calls for more tax cuts in new budget

COLUMBIA - South Car­o­lina Gov. Nikki Haley called on senators Tuesday to cut more taxes in their 2012-13 state spending plan as debate opened on the chamber floor - a demand the Senate's ...
By Seanna Adcox

Saturday, May 12, 2012

SC budget plan up for debate

COLUMBIA - A budget plan that gives public workers a boost in their paychecks, increases money to schools and hires law enforcement officers is up for debate this week in the Senate.
By Seanna Adcox

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

SC panel OKs bill that cuts small business taxes

COLUMBIA - The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill Wednesday reducing taxes for small business owners, as it continued crafting its budget plan for 2012-13.
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Economic advisers add $292 million in revenue

SC economic advisers project additional $292 million in revenue as Senate committee works on budget
By Seanna Adcox

SC senators try to put candidates back on ballots

COLUMBIA, S.C. - An effort to put candidates back on primary ballots in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision took several twists Tuesday, as a Senate committee advanced a bill that was ...
By Seanna Adcox

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Pension reform plan means fewer changes

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s current public employees would see little change in their pension benefits under a plan sent Thursday to the Senate floor, though a special retirement program would ...
By Seanna Adcox

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

SC ethics panel clears Haley

A South Carolina House ethics committee voted 5-1 to dismiss all charges against Gov. Nikki Haley, a complaint filed in March.
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

SC House alters ethics probe rules

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina House changed its rules Tuesday to open up its ethics investigations if probable cause is determined.
By Seanna Adcox

Monday, April 30, 2012

SC Medicaid records stolen

South Carolina's inspector general is reviewing the security systems of state agencies following the theft of more than 228,000 Medicaid patients' personal information.
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

SC Senate limits abortion coverage

COLUMBIA - Another abortion fight is looming as part of the debate on South Carolina's 2012-13 budget, on a funding question that hasn't been an issue for at least six years.
By Seanna Adcox

SC House OKs income tax cut bills

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina House approved two bills Tuesday cutting state income taxes for residents and small business owners.
By Seanna Adcox

Monday, April 23, 2012

SC Senate budget-writing panel takes up 2012-13 spending plan

COLUMBIA - The full Senate Finance Committee will begin meeting Tuesday afternoon on its 2012-13 budget proposal. Floor debate is expected to begin mid-May.
By Seanna Adcox

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Deadline nears for SC legislation

COLUMBIA - House Republicans will work this week to push bills to the Senate that eliminate some sales tax exemptions and reduce income taxes for residents and small businesses. 
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Bill would cover federal share of Charleston port work

A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday allowing South Carolina to borrow $120 million to deepen the Charleston harbor if the federal government doesn't pony up its share.
By Seanna Adcox

Monday, April 16, 2012

Debt refinancing saved $48 million

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis said Monday putting his office in charge of audit findings could save the state money and fix problems before they become a crisis.
By Seanna Adcox

Friday, April 13, 2012

S.C. board approves Teach for America expansion

COLUMBIA - The state education board has approved expanding a program that puts enthusiastic, mostly non-education college graduates into hard-to-fill slots in South Carolina's underprivileged ...
By Seanna Adcox

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Panel OKs credit for investors

The measure approved unanimously by a Senate Finance panel would allow so-called "angel investors" to claim up to 35 percent of their investment as a credit on their state income taxes.
By Seanna Adcox

Bill would clean slate for law-abiding ex-cons

Legislators are working on a bill to erase nonviolent felonies from the records of now-upstanding citizens in hopes of helping them secure high-paying jobs.
By Seanna Adcox

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

S.C. senator says harbor funding a 'priority'

As state senators prepare to tweak the House spending plan, a powerful lawmaker said he wants to keep in $180 million for deepening the Charleston Harbor even as some Democrats push to raise the ...
By Seanna Adcox
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