S.C. Lawmakers Override Vetoes, Governor Protests
Money for education, public television and the arts was restored to South Carolina’s $6 billion budget Wednesday as Republicans who run the state Legislature brushed aside GOP Gov. Nikki Haley’s first budget vetoes.
The veto overrides – some coming amid little discussion and others evoking sharp criticism of the first-term governor – will keep taxpayer dollars flowing to organizations and programs that said they would be doomed without the aid. In some cases, the governor had said groups such as state Arts Commission and South Carolina Education Television should rely on private donations instead of tax money.
Ken May, the Arts Commission’s executive director, won a 105-8 veto override vote in the House to keep his agency from being shuttered after the new budget takes effect Friday. The Senate followed later with 32-6 vote.
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