Jan. 14 COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina teachers who had their annual longevity pay bumps frozen this school year, could see at least $650 more on average in one paycheck by June. Legislators want to reinstate an annual step increase for teachers for this school year, after those automatic raises were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pay would apply retroactively to the beginning .
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Report: $43 mil in earmarked spending poorly tracked
December 19, 2020 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina legislators handed out $43 million for local projects over the last two years, but most of the organizations receiving that money never showed how they spent the funds, according to the state inspector general.
The Post and Courier reports that the inspector general’s review included 16 state agencies that said they got money for hidden earmarks that they would send onto designated organizations. Those agencies never requested that money but received it due to legislators’ wishes.
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The earmarks last year included $100,000 to a private family counselor in Charleston, $100,000 to Darlington Raceway and $2 million to expand a tennis center in Sumter.
COLUMBIAÂ â Next year promises to be entertaining at the South Carolina Statehouse, if you find the game of politics intriguing.Â
After COVID-19 cut this year s regular session short by two months, legislators are set to return Jan. 12, when the coronavirus is sure to be surging much higher than it was when they left early in March.
Still amid the pandemic, the Legislature has work to do.
And a lot of it, if they can avoid getting sidetracked by shiny objects, whether that s legislators giving their two cents on the national debate du jour or spending weeks debating legislation they know, and hope, will bring a lawsuit if passed.