...state budget panel South Carolina Rep. Bill Clyburn, D-Aiken, has been named a member of the state House-Senate budget conference committee. Mr. Clyburn, who was named Thursday by House Speaker David Wilkins, will join other House members...

...care center. Both Walkers own companies having lucrative contracts with Grady, and both sit on the House-Senate budget conference committee that determines Grady's state funding. So Scott has a mighty point -- no matter what happens to...

...to area medical facilities. He also became the first black legislator to serve on the six-member House-Senate Budget Conference Committee. After the 1998 election of his ally, Gov. Roy Barnes -- coupled with his position as Senate majority...