March 13, 2015

House Budget Addresses Critical Needs Without New Borrowing

COLUMBIA – Over the past three months the House Ways and Means Committee listened to testimony from dozens of government agencies and appropriated state dollars to […]
March 12, 2015

Legislative Update- March 12, 2015

It is Budget week and they are going strong! The big issue is bonding- it sounds like they are going to be able to eliminate borrowing […]
March 6, 2015

State House Report #8

Ethics Reform, Budget Update & Shortening Session  We finished up our 8th week of legislative session in the South Carolina House by passing a final ethics reform […]
March 6, 2015

Legislative Update- March 5, 2015

The week was busy- ethics has moved to the Senate, progress was made on the local government fund, and budget week is next week. Tommy is […]
February 27, 2015

State House Report #7

Education, Ethics Reform & Judicial Update The House adjourned Wednesday due to inclement weather, shaving a legislative day from the calendar, but not before we moved […]
February 26, 2015

Legislative Update- February 26, 2015

Tommy talks about the snow day, talking with the Governor about the roads, ethics being consolidated for the Senate, and Chief Justice Toal.
February 20, 2015

State House Report #6

Ethics Reform & Budget  The South Carolina House of Representatives had a busy week producing an initial state budget, moving again on ethics reform, and continuing to push […]
February 19, 2015

Legislative Update- February 19, 2015

Tommy discusses some of the work that was done this week including more ethics, Freedom of Information, agenda work, disclosure on sources of income, roads and […]
February 13, 2015

State House Report #5

  Regulatory & Ethics Reform, Protecting Our Children, Improving Our Roads & Honoring National Republican Leaders   The House of Representatives, led by your Republican majority, made significant progress on […]
February 12, 2015

Legislative Update- February 12, 2015

Several more bills are coming out including the fetal pain bill and more ethics bills; Tommy signed up on both road bills because we need to […]
February 6, 2015

State House Report #4- Transparency, Ethics, & Protecting our Citizens

This week the work of the Republicans in the House of Representatives was described by House Republican Majority Leader Bruce Bannister as a “sprint in the […]
February 4, 2015

Legislative Update- February 4, 2015

It’s USC Day at the State House which is always fun! Various Judicial Elections occurred today (one was a very hot topic!). And on to infrastructure! […]