Politics interference marks PSC merit panel picks
SC Public Service Commission Merit Selection Panel chair B O Thomason of Greenville says the General Assembly’s rejection of two nominees shows politics as usual on the PSC. The assembly elected three incumbents and Marjorie Amos-Frazier, the first black woman on the panel.
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Columbia
Public Service Commission
General Assembly
Guy Butler
PSC
B.O. Thomason
Greenville
Legislative Assembly
Marjorie Amos-Frazier
Amos Frazier
William J. Allred
Greenwood
Roger G. Owens
Clemson
Butler
Budget Puts Lid On Spending
The General Assembly approved a record 1.7 billion state appropriations bill sent to the governor. The compromise bill funds state government for the year starting July 1 and raises legislative subsistence to 50 dollars a day with 7 percent cost of living raises and 3.5 percent merit raises for workers, while capping any overall pay rise at 3,000 dollars.
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Columbia
General Assembly
House
Senate
Fund Requests Considered by Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee reviewed numerous last minute requests from state agencies for a share of this year’s surplus revenues. The panel aims to finish its version of the supplemental appropriations bill and send it to both chambers before 5 p.m. adjournment. Chairman Rembert C. Dennis noted a 1 a.m. Senate session delayed the committee. The bill would allocate unanticipated revenues to cover current deficits and one time expenses in 1980 81, with $6 million more available in addition to $19.6 million already allocated by the House.
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Columbia
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Rembert C. Dennis
D-Berkeley
Edgar Vaughn
Bond showdown clouds South Carolina capital plan
The South Carolina House refused to accept Senate amendments to a 113 million state capital improvements bond bill. The Senate will reconvene to decide whether to insist on the amendments, sending the measure to a conference committee to resolve House and Senate differences.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House
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