State House Daybook: March 13, 2018

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LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE

Senate

The Senate gavels in at 2 p.m. Watch live here.  Calendar.  Journal

House

The House gavels in at 9:30 a.m. Watch live here.  Calendar.  Journal

 

Combined meeting schedule:

9:30 a.m., Senate L.C.I. Oversight Committee to Review the SC Department of Commerce, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch


9:30 a.m., House of Representatives, State House, House Chamber, watch
 

10:00 a.m., Senate Finance Sales and Income Tax Subcommittee, Gressette Room 408, agenda

11:00 a.m., Senate Finance, Committee, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch

11:00 a.m., House Judiciary Committee, Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch

2:00 p.m., Senate, State House, Senate Chamber, watch

2:00 PM., Gov. Henry McMaster will host a roundtable discussion on President Trump's American Infrastructure Initiative, State House grounds, Edgar A. Brown building, room 252, Columbia, S.C. 

Upon adjournment of the Senate, Judiciary Subcommittee on S.754S.909S.1101H.4375 and H.4379
Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch

3:30 p.m., Senate Transportation Subcommittee, Gressette Room 207, agenda

 

NEWS

Budget Bonanza  South Carolina Lede 

First TV ads in South Carolina governor's race support GOP hopeful Catherine Templeton The Post and Courier

Frustrated SC House votes to freeze spending by agency that OK'd rate hikes The State

'Protest candidate' Democrat jumps into congressional race against S.C. Republican Mark Sanford The Post and Courier

Sumter County School District proposes closing three schools The State

Contractors failed to stop wasting supplies at S.C. nuclear plant site despite warnings The Post and Courier

Brady Quirk-Garvan re-elected as chairman of Charleston County Democratic Party The Post and Courier

SC counties gave businesses tax breaks worth more than $200 million in 2016 The State

South Carolina prosecutor used public money for his brother to spin tunes at pricey Christmas bashes The Post and Courier

Midlands schools brace for national student walkout over school shootings The State

Battle brewing to become South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's lead challenger The Post and Courier

South Carolina's Jobless Rate Again Inches up Slightly Associated Press

Programing glitch puts scholarship winners' data online Associated Press

Five Points gets rowdy at night, but is it really unsafe? The State

Filing period for 2018 South Carolina elections opens noon Friday The Post and Courier

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