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All SC students could receive $6,000 education scholarships, regardless of income, under Speaker Murrell Smith's bill that's passing the House in record time.
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All SC students could receive $6,000 education scholarships, regardless of income, under Speaker Murrell Smith's bill that's passing the House in record time.
Critics say South Carolina’s new energy bill echoes the ill-fated Base Load Review Act of 2007, which left countless ratepayers on the hook for a failed multibillion dollar nuclear power
“We have learned through this process that parents across this state are demanding educational choice," said House speaker Murrell Smith.
They’re accused of “whining,” “lying shamelessly for attention” and putting on a show to climb the political ladder. But the Freedom Caucus has influenced some of the most conservative legislation to pass through South Carolina in recent memory. How much power does a small but loud Republican faction have? It depends who you ask, but they’re not quieting down.
Energy and conservation groups are taking aim at a bill that they say would make building a new natural gas plant much easier in South Carolina, potentially costing ratepayers and the environment.