...enrollment have made the problem more acute.State Rep. Chip Lime house, a Charleston Repub li can who heads the Ways and Means subcommittee for higher education, has indicated that bringing all three of the schools up to the average is unlikely...

...We're not doing the proper job to reach the people," said Simrill, R-Rock Hill, chairman of a Ways and Means subcommittee on economic development. "People are unaware there's help out there."

...referring to two property tax bills advanced by a Ways and Means subcommittee on which he sits. One would reduce the rate...and I'm a Republican, too."A separate Ways and Means subcommittee advanced a bill collapsing the personal income...

...state could end up in a legal battle for not using the money as intended.Rep. Gary Simrill, who leads the Ways and Means subcommittee on economic development, countered that giving the state's share of punitive fines to Commerce helps bring...

...year of experience, up to 22 years, and for earning higher-education degrees.But on Tuesday, the House Ways and Means subcommittee approved a bill that would allow districts to suspend salary step increases for teachers to save jobs, the...

...South Carolina is just as grim.Rep. Roland Smith, who chairs both the Aiken County delegation and the House Ways and Means subcommittee in charge of the K-12 budget, expressed how most lawmakers feel: This is the toughest budget year of his...

...when several companies opened their free offerings to everyone. IRS Commissioner Mark Everson told the House Ways and Means subcommittee that oversees his agency that government negotiators lost some of their leverage during contract negotiations...

...regulate the farms and would void local ordinances that are stricter than state law. Also this week: - A House Ways and Means subcommittee approved two proposals to increase the cigarette tax. Proponents say there isn't enough support in the full...

...assign the prosecutors. State Rep. Annette Young, R-Summerville, the chairwoman of the three-member Ways and Means subcommittee, said she was sympathetic to solicitors' concerns. "I cannot disagree that they need more flexibility...

...and spend an additional $36 million elsewhere for a savings of $71 million. The presentation to the House Ways and Means subcommittee that writes the budget for public schools came on his fourth full day in office.The state faces an $829 million...