Sanford has scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon to talk about the 60-page bill the Legislature passed last week.

South Carolina’s Mark Sanford urged the lawmakers not to throw more taxpayer money at the ailing economy.

The South Carolina House and Senate are expected to ratify $488 million in spending cuts that strike deeply into spending at state colleges and health care programs.

Legislators say DNA is the tool needed to reduce violent crime in South Carolina.

Legislators will be back at their desks in Columbia to deal with plans to cut $488 million from the state’s $7 billion budget.

With lawmakers set to return for a special budget session Monday, Governor Mark Sanford is continuing his ‘spending limits’ tour.

Gov. Mark Sanford and Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom are wrapping up a two-day tour calling for spending limits and government restructuring.

Gov. Mark Sanford and Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom are talking up state spending limits in a two day, 10-stop tour of the state.

The head of the South Department of Public Safety says he won’t put up with bad behavior, evidenced by his firing of four troopers and five other employees since June.

Cutting high school sports, conservation efforts and crimes investigated by state law enforcement are all possibilities in the looming state budget crisis.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is calling agency heads together to work out plans to shave spending.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is calling agency heads together to work out plans to shave spending. Sanford’s budget summit Tuesday is an effort to come up with spending reductions expected as the state’s revenues fall off by as much as $250 million.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is threatening to force legislators back to Columbia to deal with the sputtering economy.

Sanford says the across-the-board cuts are a one-size-fits-all approach that will take a toll on key state operations.

County leaders have also called for a voluntary evacuation for people living east of Highway 17 and anyone living in low-lying areas or in a mobile home.