US EditionGovernor McMaster only has 11 vetoes for state budget
- During a June 4 press briefing in Columbia, Governor Henry McMaster revealed that he had exercised line-item veto power on 11 portions of the state’s $14.7 billion spending plan.
- The vetoes followed budget approval by the General Assembly on May 28, which included teacher pay raises, income tax cuts, and funding for school resource officers amid efforts to remove earmarks.
- Among the vetoes was a measure that would have permitted certain Tier IV counties to employ private security firms rather than certified school resource officers, while the approved budget allocated funds to hire 177 additional officers to ensure every public school is covered.
- McMaster emphasized that the funding allocated in the budget will allow each school to have one, enhancing safety for students, staff, and reassuring parents, and noted that most of his vetoes focused on removing duplicate or unnecessary budget items.
- The budget takes effect July 1, overrides of vetoes require two-thirds legislative approval, but lawmakers have indicated they do not plan to challenge McMaster's vetoes.
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Governor McMaster only has 11 vetoes for state budget
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - Governor Henry McMaster is weighing in on South Carolina’s new $14 billion state budget. While he made a few changes, he’s mostly giving it the thumbs up. "It's a good budget. It's one of the best, and that's why I've only got a handful of vetoes, and I don't think any of them, maybe one or two involve money, " said Governor McMaster. The final budget includes 80% of what McMaster originally proposed. He issued only 11 ve…
SC governor vetoes just $10K, plans for park reservations from state spending plan
Gov. Henry McMaster announces his vetoes for the budget for 2025-2026 on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster nixed only $10,000 of the state’s $14.7 billion state spending plan for 2025-26, marking the smallest sum a governor’s struck from the budget in over a quarter century. “It’s a good budget,” McMaster told reporters Wednesday. “It’s one of the best. That’s why I’ve only got a hand…
Gov. McMaster vetoes only 11 items in Statehouse 2025-26 budget. Keeps lawmaker pay bump in place
Gov. Henry McMaster vetoed 11 line items from budget, but not lawmaker pay bumps. He spoke about the Legislature's decision to cut earmarks and his reasoning for some vetoes at a June 4 press conference in Statehouse.
South Carolina's Republican governor keeps veto pen mostly capped for budget
Instead of talking a lot about budget vetoes, Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is talking about all his priorities that the Republican legislature kept in the spending plan like tax cuts, disaster relief and teacher raises
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