South Carolina House Defeats Medicaid Expansion
The South Carolina House voted 73-45 and 74-42 along party lines to reject Democrats' bid to temporarily extend Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of poor adults. Republicans warned costs and argued the state should focus on improving health without expanding the program.
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House seeks to restore in-person unemployment help in SC
South Carolina House members push to force the unemployment agency to restore and expand in-person assistance at 17 rural offices. A budget move allocates 1.5 million of federal funds separately, with a second amendment planned to require resume of face to face help that ended February 15.
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Columbia
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South Carolina Moves Toward Legal Raffles
A House Judiciary panel advanced two measures to legalize nonprofit raffles in South Carolina. One would put a constitutional change to voters in 2014, enabling raffles if approved, with legality possible in 2015. The Senate already backed the bills.
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