The South Carolina General Assembly returned to session this week. While the first week was consumed by organizational efforts and inaugural events for Governor Henry McMaster, there are many important issues facing our state. Lets take a look at some of the larger issues on tap for this year’s session.
Although a few items remain to be resolved, the 122nd Session of the South Carolina General Assembly came to an end on May 10, 2018. The session, while largely overshadowed by the constant presence of the V.C. Summer nuclear failure and the corresponding response, or lack thereof, of SCANA and SCE&G, did produce some meaningful results. Here are a just a few...
As predicted, the 2018 legislative session has been dominated by discussions and testimony surrounding the failed V.C. Summer nuclear facility. Nevertheless, progress has been made...
The 2017 legislative session marked the first time the SC General Assembly has operated on a shorten schedule since the passage of session shortening legislation in 2016. The General Assembly now ends its legislative work nearly a moth earlier than previous sessions.
Subcommittee work in the senate has been completed and the 2017/18 general appropriation budget is now in front of the full finance committee. I have recently moved to the finance committee having served on the senate judiciary committee for the last four years. According to the records reviewed, this marks the first time a resident Dorchester County senator has served on this influential committee.
We are a little more than a month into the 2017-18 Legislative Session and many of the issues that were not appropriately dealt with last session remain as top priority. Here's some of what's going on...