Senate Finance Committee Starts Work On 1.2 Billion Budget
The Senate Finance Committee began deliberations on the House-passed 1.2 billion dollar state budget for 1977-78. Subcommittees will review sections, with Finance Chairman Rembert C. Dennis aiming to finish in two weeks and send the bill to the full Senate. The plan includes an eight percent raise for teachers and four percent raises for state workers plus an additional four percent merit increase for state employees.
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Columbia
Senate Finance Committee
Rembert C. Dennis
D-Berkeley
Senate
General Assembly
South Carolina House Defers ERA Action Amid Several Bills
The SC House introduces 31 sponsors to advance the Equal Rights Amendment while the Senate debates it. Other bills target credit card data disclosure with subpoenas, requiring notice to cardholders in 10 days and a 15 day window to contest. Additional measure bans use of public funds to sway elections with penalties up to $500 or imprisonment.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Senate
Jean Toal
D-Richland
Savings and Loan
Counterfeit Ring Operating in South Carolina Prison
South Carolina corrections officials confirm a money order counterfeiting ring has operated at Kirkland Correctional Institution since 1975. About a dozen inmates are involved with two main counterfeiters and a likely outsider, with visitors increasing one dollar orders to 91 or 101 dollars for purchases by mail.
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Columbia
State Department of Corrections
South Carolina
Spoksman
Sam McCuen
Kirkland Correctional Institution
McCuen
Student Fee Hike At USC To Be Proposed
The University of South Carolina board of trustees executive committee backs a $35 per semester increase for 1977-78 due to inflation. In-state fees would reach $366 and out-of-state $846. the House has approved a larger out-of-state fee totaling $915 per semester, with Senate action pending.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
USC
William H. Pattterson
Patterson
State House of Representatives
Senate
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