COLUMBIA - Lawmakers in South Carolina are trying to keep junk food out of the governor's mansion, saying that if Gov. Nikki Haley wants to fight obesity with food stamp restrictions, she needs to lead by example.

...budget proposal that was advanced Friday by a Senate committee after a protest over Medicaid.Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee sent the $6.3 billion spending plan for state taxes to the full Senate. Democrats voted "present" to protest...

...watch out for both its fans' bottoms and the track's bottom line is headed to the South Carolina Senate.The Senate Finance Committee passed a proposal Tuesday that would allow the track to keep its 5 percent tax on tickets even if the speedway's...

...chairmen of Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees.Senators agreed to send the legislation through the Senate Finance Committee, a week after the chamber's Judiciary Committee advanced it to the floor. And senators set Feb. 20 for full...

COLUMBIA - The Senate Finance Committee has advanced a bill giving tax breaks to South Carolina parents who send their children to private school or educate them at home...

...Senate phased that in over four years, reducing revenue in the fiscal year starting July 1 by $15 million.Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman has said it's more important to fund agency needs after years of budget cuts, than...

...chief economist Frank Rainwater and state budget office director Les Boles gave presentations Tuesday to the Senate Finance Committee on state revenues and the House budget plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1.Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman...

...the elderly are among the topics senators will consider as they craft the state's spending plan.The full Senate Finance Committee will begin meeting Tuesday afternoon on its 2012-13 budget proposal. Floor debate is expected to begin mid-May...

COLUMBIA - The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill Wednesday reducing taxes for small business owners, as it continued crafting its budget plan for 2012-13.The...

...budget-writing committees by Monday.The House has already approved its spending plan for 2012-13, which the Senate Finance Committee is in the process of tweaking.The state spends $410 million on South Carolina's nearly 100,000 special needs...