Debate in the Senate this week centered around a new shopping center. Jasper County wants to offer state tax breaks for the Sembler Company to build a retail mall. Read… Read more »
The Senate is slated to discuss a cigarette tax increase of up to 50-cents per pack. The House approved the increase last year. Some members of both parties say the… Read more »
Cigarettes may be way to pay for some health care in South Carolina. That’s according to groups who support a cigarette tax to fill state budget gaps. At a Wednesday press event… Read more »
The Employment Security Commission failed to pay withholding taxes on time for February. The South Carolina Employment Security Commission Communications Specialist Rodney Welch told the Post and Courier of Charleston… Read more »
Senator Jim DeMint has risen as a popular target for what some would call, “the liberal left” and he’s speaking out as a supporter of the Tea Party movement. The… Read more »
Raising South Carolina’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack would bring in $209 million in new annual revenue to help close the state’s budget shortfall, while also reducing the numbers… Read more »
The point of sale tax exemption failed on a final vote 27-13 in the South Carolina Wednesday afternoon. It needed 31 votes to pass. Oconee County Republican Thomas Alexander said… Read more »
It pays off for local law enforcement to help break up interstate drug rings. By assisting in a Federal investigation of drug dealers, the Newberry County Sheriff Office has added… Read more »
The point of sale tax exemption debate took up the afternoon and evening in the South Carolina Senate Tuesday. Oconee County Republican Thomas Alexander said that the latest compromise between… Read more »
Democratic candidate for Governor Dwight Drake unveiled a new proposal he says will stimulate hiring in South Carolina. Drake says the “Back to Work Rebate Act,” creates an tax incentive… Read more »