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 […]

SC House Approves Ethics Reform

The SC House overwhelmingly approved a package of ethics reforms today that are the biggest change in the state’s ethics laws in two decades. “While our ethics laws have been touted as the toughest in the nation, they were written before e-mail, the Internet, PayPal, cell phones, and even ATM machines,” said House Majority Leader […]

House Approves Measure Shortening Legislative Session

    If SC House leaders have their say, the General Assembly will spend less time in Columbia. For the 10th time in 20 years, the South Carolina House of Representatives has approved legislation providing for a constitutional amendment that would shorten the state’s legislative session. “It is no secret that we have one of […]

Speaker Bobby Harrell Stops in Greenville to Highlight 2013 Legislative Agenda

  With less than 24 hours before the start of the new session of the South Carolina General Assembly, House Speaker Bobby Harrell (R-Charleston) stopped in Greenville to present the 2013 House GOP legislative agenda to a packed audience downtown. Speaker Harrell’s address is available exclusively from www.CrescentMag.com.     Tweet

House GOP Legislative Agenda Focuses on Government Reform in 2013

  Broad government reform tops the South Carolina House Republican Caucus agenda for 2013, say GOP leaders. “This is a smaller agenda than we have had in previous years because many of these items are very serious topics that will require a lot of debate,” said House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville. “The Caucus and the […]

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