Week in Review: State Senate to take up $13B budget
by Charleston City Paper
Charleston City Paper— The S.C. Senate’s version of the state’s $13 billion budget for 2024-25 calls for an income tax cut as well as pay raises for teachers and state employees. Senators will start debating the budget this week in Columbia.
OZARKSFIRST—Senate panel to discuss state budget as conflict over Medicaid tax continues. A big task awaits the Missouri Senate as the upper chamber plans to address the state budget this week.
Los Angeles Times—Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion law, leaving state with 15-week ban. The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban, sending a measure to the Democratic governor that would end weeks of turmoil and keep in place a 15-week abortion limit enacted in 2022. In a testy and emotional session that included angry spats, a senator reading from the Bible and another playing a recording of his daughter's fetal heartbeat, the Senate voted 16 to 14 to repeal the law, with two Republicans joining Democrats in backing the measure. The Senate was...
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