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Tag Archives: Richard Eckstrom
Accounting Change Adds More Truth, Transparency to Budget
The S.C. Board of Economic Advisors has made a change – quietly, and evidently with no other media attention to it – that adds more truth and transparency to the state budgeting process. Yes, you read that correctly – more … Continue reading
Richland 2 Crawls onto Transparency Bandwagon
The last of South Carolina’s 80-plus school districts has finally posted its check register online, nearly 1.5 years after being required to do so by a state budget proviso. Richland School District 2, one of the 10 largest school districts … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, K-12, Legislation, Local Government
Tagged Check Registers, Richard Eckstrom, Richland School District 2
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State Financial Meeting Closed to the Public, Media
A wide-ranging meeting Gov. Nikki Haley organized in June to discuss state finances with representatives of the Standard & Poor’s credit rating agency and a bevy of high-ranking state officials was closed to the public and the media. The meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Transparency
Tagged Chad Walldorf, Curtis Loftis, Gov. Nikki Haley, Richard Eckstrom, Standard & Poor's
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Higher Retirement Tab Costs Taxpayers, Not Employees
A familiar elephant was in the room when the S.C. Budget and Control Board met Tuesday morning in Columbia. Indeed, the elephant is present at many Budget and Control Board meetings. It hangs around the State House, too, when the … Continue reading
Posted in State Retirement System
Tagged Curtis Loftis, Hugh Leatherman, Richard Eckstrom
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After Nerve Story, Higher Ed Transparency Bill Revived
A bill requiring South Carolina’s state-supported colleges and universities to report their spending online has risen from the dead and looks like it might pass today – the last day of this year’s regular legislative session.
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Posted in Accountability, General Assembly, Legislation, Transparency
Tagged Bobby Harrell, Brad Hutto, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, college spending transparency, Dan Cooper, Francis Marion, Higher Education Transparency Bill, Jake Knotts, John Courson, lobbyists, Mike Rose, Richard Eckstrom, S. 172, Ways and Means Committee
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Senator Proposes Huge Increase in Court Funding
South Carolina’s court system likely would receive at least $70 million more annually in state tax dollars – nearly tripling its current general fund appropriation – if a proposal by a lawyer-lawmaker becomes law. Continue reading
Posted in Budget, General Assembly
Tagged Richard Eckstrom, Sen. Gerald Malloy, Senate Judiciary Committee, taxes
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Handful of Districts Hold Out on Transparency
All but four of South Carolina’s 85 school districts – Dillon 2, Lexington 1, Orangeburg 4 and Richland 2 – have posted their check registers online. Continue reading
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