The South Carolina legislature’s 2025 session ended Thursday, without the resolution passing in the House. GOP state House Speaker Murrell Smith said he would rather voters decide his fate.

He said the House will focus on what the state needs to defend itself in the ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the state’s accounting issues. “I think it’s fair ...

South Carolina has the largest income tax rate in the southeast, with a top income tax rate of 6.2%. However, a new income tax reform bill could change all of it ...

Originally, the House announced the Income Tax Bill that ... eventually leading to no income tax in the palmetto state. “We will then have a flat tax that triggers, then continue down until ...

and State Representative Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, speak as house members debate amendments to the state budget on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Joshua Boucher jboucher@thestate.com COLUMBIA ...

(The Center Square) – Even if not like last week’s massive NFL empire schedule news, the release of the state two-year spending plan by North Carolina’s House of Representatives on Tuesday ...

Henry McMaster’s desk. Just before South Carolina’s 2025 legislative session ended Thursday at the State House, senators finalized a compromise late Wednesday night between the Senate’s tort ...

Rep. Sherae'a "Rae" Moore has been removed as vice-chair of the state House Education Committee, according to a statement issued by Delaware House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown. Moore's removal ...

May 13 to pass House Bill 1030, which would make Hershey's Kisses the state candy for the Commonwealth. The bill will now move to the State Senate after a 150-53 vote in favor of the popular ...

Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and Abdul El-Sayed. The former state House speaker and Marine veteran emphasized his Detroit roots and criticized the Republican Party in his ...

As a response to Regulation 43-170, several Democratic State House representatives spoke in February about a “Freedom to Read” bill focused on access to books in public school libraries across ...

At the center of the dispute between Perez and Albritton is the House plan to cut the state sales tax. The House plan slashes it from 6% to 5.25%. Albritton had expressed concern about cutting the ...