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We have amazing teachers working tirelessly across this state to improve educational opportunities for our children. Still, we are failing too many of our next generation. YES on Amendment 1 will elevate the importance of education

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.

Senator Sean Bennett, R-Dorchester, today was named to the Finance Subcommittee tasked with evaluating South Carolina’s K-12 education funding formulas. The four member group

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.