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The $100 million budget deadlock erupted as a House Democrat accused the Senate’s budget leader of “putting pets over people” in budgetary priorities.

The $100 million deadlock in South Carolina's $13 billion budget erupted into public view Wednesday as the highest ranking House Democrat accused the Senate's budget leader of "putting pets over people." House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford directed the line at Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler for insisting on money for the state's first veterinary school at Clemson University. Peeler says House members have refused to meet with senators and are threatening pay raises for state employees, teachers and state law enforcement officers over the small, petty...

The House is waiting for a bond reform bill and a budget everyone agrees is important, but can’t agree on what’s in them. And there is a July 1 budget deadline.

Teachers and state employees will get their pay raises after all. In addition, the state's first veterinary school will be established at Clemson.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina General Assembly special session rolled on Wednesday without an end in sight as the House spent about an hour dealing with a few bills and vetoes, and the simmering dispute with the Senate over the budget burst into public view.