Haley vetoes 87 budget items totaling nearly $30M
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley vetoed 87 line items in the state budget, removing about $30 million from a $7 billion plan. She praised lawmakers for diverting over $300 million of surplus to roads and opposing broad borrowing, while criticizing earmarks such as funding for a Congressional Medal of Honor Museum in Charleston Harbor and a disabled-access playground in Myrtle Beach.
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Aiken gains protected funding amid Haley vetoes
Gov Nikki Haley vetoed 80 measures totaling 30.2 million impacting Aiken County including 4.1 million for storm recovery with 1.6 million for Aiken. House supported, Senate removed, then amended to reinstate. Bill sponsors Bill Hixon and Bill Clyburn led the restoration as other programs and bonuses were noted for USC Aiken and Aiken Tech.
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States seek similar relief for farmers after coal win
Nine state attorneys general sued the EPA over a rule they say would grant federal power to regulate streams and ponds on small farms. The suit follows a Supreme Court ruling against an EPA coal rule and argues the new rule would burden landowners who must obtain permits for actions like digging ditches building fences or spraying fertilizer. Kentucky AG Jack Conway led the coalition from Alabama Florida Georgia Kansas South Carolina Utah West Virginia and Wisconsin in the U S District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
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