...version of a $6 billion spending plan.The Senate had nixed the House gag measure in its version of the budget. The temporary law says the Ethics Commission staff can't make public comment that reflects a personal opinion about matters the commission...

...contest still faces questions about who will pay for it.Last week, a state budget conference committee scrapped a temporary law that made it clear the Election Commission would run the primary and charge the state Republican Party for its costs...

...reduce federal borrowing that businesses will have to repay, legislators are more eager to act. The House approved a temporary law change that makes it clear the state will not pay jobless benefits to workers when, among other things, employers...

...subject to the new requirements. The 50-page document now goes to the General Assembly for review. As part of a temporary law limiting large hog operations, legislators last year ordered DHEC to come up with detailed regulations for all animal...

...Republican, co-sponsored the spending bill waiting period measure. He said it may let the public or legislators catch a temporary law change in the budget bill that has unintended consequences.Meanwhile, the House put a bill on its calendar that...

...spend less time in prison before being deported under temporary law changes a House budget panel approved Tuesday.College...Smith, a Republican from Sumter.The committee adopts temporary law changes that would be part of the state's $5.2...

...and revenue growth from an improving economy and an increased cigarette tax.Day care licensing is among hundreds of temporary law changes that the Senate will take up this week. They tell agencies how, where and when to spend money and what services...

...Social Services had planned to start the program, Palmetto STARS, in the spring. But lawmakers last week adopted a temporary law - attached to the state budget bill - that would prevent them from beginning the system for at least a year. Some...

...Social Services had planned to start the program, Palmetto STARS, this spring. But lawmakers last week adopted a temporary law - attached to the state budget bill - that would prevent them from beginning the system for at least a year. Some...

...at the National Governors Association. But most of the ban's biggest proponents say they don't worry about the temporary law expiring, since the short-term ban has lapsed in the past without a surge in taxation. Federal law has blocked...