SC legislators to return to vote on $350M agreement on local spending

A week after negotiations publicly blew up, the Legislature's chief budget writers have reached a deal on spending $350 million on local projects.

By: Seanna Adcox

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 704

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — A week after negotiations publicly blew up, the Legislature’s chief budget writers have reached a deal on spending $350 million on local projects.

An agreement that shaves $100 million from the House’s list of legislator-sponsored projects and changes the process for future budgets means most of this year’s proposed earmarks — or community investments, as legislators call them — will be at least partially funded, according to the chambers’ budget chairmen.

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