This Week in the Senate – January 27, 2011
Sen. Glenn McConnell addresses the state’s trust funds
The management of our state's trust funds is an extremely important matter. Please play the video below to hear about this issue. … [Read more...]
Response to Governor Haley’s State of the State Address
My ETV response to Governor Haley's state of the state address is at the 25 minute mark. Watch the full episode. See more SCETV Specials. … [Read more...]
Legislative Update from Senator Glenn McConnell
Please play the video below to see Senator Glenn McConnell talk about the latest legislative news on ETV. … [Read more...]
Senator Glenn McConnell Responds to State of the State Address
After Governor Nikki Haley gave her speech, Senator McConnell gave his response. Please play the video below to hear what he had to say. … [Read more...]
SCDOR responds to McConnell’s tax protection proposal
Some South Carolina lawmakers say the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) is making its own rules on what is taxable and what is not. Small business owners are claiming they are suffering, and some are closing their businesses as a result of additional taxes. Adrienne Fairwell with the DOR responded to Senator Glenn McConnell’s proposal to protect taxpayers, requiring the DOR to go through a process to tax. "Our response is that it is always the department’s goal to implement the … [Read more...]
S.C. proposal to protect those who gamble at home
Poker is still on the minds of some members of the legislature, and a proposed Statehouse gambling bill seems tailor-made to let small groups of friends play legally in the comfort of their homes. Included in a measure prepared for the start of next month's session are four key "affirmative" defenses that players could use if their game ever draws the attention of law enforcement. They include: a requirement the gambling be done in a private setting, that no one receives an economic benefit … [Read more...]
SC legislative leaders back claims against Sanford
COLUMBIA — Two top Republican lawmakers named in a small town's lawsuit against Gov. Mark Sanford say they support the town's opposition to a plan to use money allocated for rural water and sewer systems to pay for the state's budget oversight agency, according to documents filed in the case. The case is scheduled to be heard Friday before the state Supreme Court. "The Governor chose to pillage and raid a trust fund, even though he has so loudly championed trust funds' fiscal sanctity and … [Read more...]
Voter ID, illegal immigration back up for debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Photo identification at the polls and a further clampdown on illegal immigrants are among proposals prefiled by South Carolina's senators. Wednesday was the first day senators could prefile bills for the upcoming session. Voter ID was the first of 210 measures filed. Republicans have argued for the past two years that it's an issue of voter integrity. The bill died in June as Senate Democrats pushed to allow more days of early voting. They argued the version Republicans … [Read more...]
Bill aims to stop tax 'witch hunt'
Top state lawmakers took the first step toward fixing what some business owners are calling a witch hunt -- one that's led by South Carolina's tax collectors. Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, prefiled the Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2011 that would issue a formal wrist slap to the S.C. Department of Revenue, which he said began charging certain taxes to businesses that state lawmakers never intended them to collect. The bill, he said, is meant to address what he called an … [Read more...]
