South Carolina lawmakers are debating the state’s $14 billion budget, which includes a teacher pay raise, tax cuts, and changes to the state's health plan.

If the two chambers can solve their differences, a bigger showdown looms. The General Assembly passed a similar bill in 2023 that the state Supreme Court struck down. The justices pointed out in their ...

“You really have to do some mental gymnastics to think this public money is not public money,” Collins said. The state House voted 79-38 in favor of the bill. South Carolina Rep. Neal ...

COLUMBIA — The South Carolina House of Representatives has advanced ... Entering debate on the bill Feb. 26, Easley Republican Rep. Neal Collins wrote a long statement on social media opposing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House approved its own version of ... public funds not public any more,” said state Rep. Neal Collins, an Easley Republican who was one of five members ...

A recent report from South Carolina’s Education Oversight Committee revealed that approximately $1.5 million in taxpayer ...

Differences in the SC House and SC Senate K-12 scholarship ... believe this public money is not public money,” state Rep. Neal Collins, R-Pickens, said during the House debate.