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McMaster Signs Budget, Vetoed Audit | Charleston News
Governor Henry McMaster signed South Carolina’s late-but-essential state budget, securing 92% of his top priorities including tax cuts and major road investments — though transportation funding fell short. With smooth legislative cooperation this year, the big loser? Earmarks — local project funds that died in a House-Senate standoff. McMaster, already skeptical, says he’d have vetoed most anyway. His most controversial move? Vetoing an audit requirement for the Scout Motors plant, calling it a business killer and reputational risk. As his term ends, he urges successors to prioritize…
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