SC governor announces state budget in Friday news conference
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Governor Henry McMaster announced his line item vetoes of the FY 2021-2022 state budget at a statehouse news conference.
Totaling $152.5 million, the governor’s 15 vetoes, include 7 proviso subsections that contain 226 earmarked appropriations that lack the necessary transparency and accountability for state funding.
“While some important and unprecedented transparency measures were adopted in the budgeting process this year, public transparency must be absolute and uncompromised in order to maintain the public’s trust and confidence in state government,” Governor McMaster said. “Disclosure of the sponsor and recipient is not enough. The bulk of these earmarked appropriations still lack sufficient context – description - explanation of merit - or justification how the recipient intends to spend the funds. Also, no matter how deserving the project, the public must be confident that pr
McMaster vetoes 226 earmarks from state budget
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