SC House Approves Government Restructuring
On Wednesday, the SC House approved sweeping government reforms designed to eliminate the Budget and Control Board, cut the size of state government, and make the state’s executive offices more accountable to the Governor. “We got within a late Senate filibuster of reform, and after six years of debate, we’re here again,” said Rep. Garry […]
2013 South Carolina State of the State
Each January, much like the president does at the Federal level, the governor of South Carolina addresses a joint session of the General Assembly to describe the state of our state. If you missed Wednesday night’s address, you can watch it here or read the text of her speech below. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, […]
WHAT’S GOING ON: In the State Senate
The South Carolina Senate spent most of last week debating a bill to end the state Budget and Control Board and put its functions under a newly-created Department of Administration. South Carolina is the only state in the nation that has a Budget and Control Board – an agency that reports to five different people, […]
YOUR TURN: “Fiscal Fitness Matters” by Senator Phillip W. Shoopman
Last year, the voters in the Upstate and across the country spoke loudly that they wanted real reform and real conservative solutions to the spending habits and inefficient government practices both in Washington and in Columbia. The 2010 election was a revolution for a change in Washington to fix a system where overspending and budgetary deficits […]
