The budget vetoes, themselves, hardly were inspiring. I’ve attached a chart to show just how minuscule they were in the scheme of things. I have noted to you in the past that Governor Haley’s health agency has been expanding Medicaid at a furious rate while most of her vetoes pertain to things like the Arts [...]
I reported to you last time that the House and Senate arrived at a compromise version of the Ethics bill. It would have required the disclosure of legislator income, but there was no independent review and enforcement mechanism, and so it was essentially reform in name only. I told you in my last update that [...]
The most important bill to pass since my last update was the requirement that new standards to replace Common Core be implemented in our public schools beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. This absolutely was a victory for our teachers and students, and I am proud to have been so closely involved with this effort. [...]
I trust that most of you are aware of the recent developments concerning DSS and particularly the resignation of its director a few days ago. I am saddened and deeply troubled that it took so long for the director and the governor (who appoints the director) to understand that almost no one had any confidence [...]
