MORNING BUZZ: Nikki Haley’s ‘shower’ comment gets soggy response + DSS report released
Haley’s ‘middle-school comments ... poison the well’
Gov. Nikki Haley, who promised to work with the General Assembly this year, has angered some powerful S.C. lawmakers by suggesting members of an industry trade group would need a “good shower” after visiting the State House. The Republican speaker of the House took to the House floor to say “middle-school comments” threaten to “poison the well.”
ALSO: Haley underwent an outpatient procedure Wednesday where she was unconscious for about eight minutes
ALSO: S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas fired back at Haley a day after she threatened to veto both House and Senate road repair bills.
ALSO: The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that raises roughly $800 million yearly for road and bridge work, a day after Haley pledged to veto it.
State House Clicks
DSS report: The state’s new child-welfare director reduced her request for the number of caseworkers needed to reduce persistently high caseloads and turnover rates among child-welfare workers.
Required history: S.C. high school and college students would be required to take classes on the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Federalist Papers under a bill being considered in the state House.
CDV update: A ban on abusers having guns that victims advocates say is key to saving lives in South Carolina could still be revived despite resistance, lawmakers said Wednesday.
College in crisis: S.C. State University can save money through mandated furloughs under a bill passed unanimously by the House.
Medical bill: A nurse whose mistakenly causes a patient or client to fatally overdose on medication could face automatic revoking of their license under a bill that cleared a Senate panel Wednesday.
S.C. Clicks
Sheriff sentenced: Federal Judge Terry Wooten sentenced former Williamsburg County Sheriff Michael Johnson to 30 months in jail on Wednesday.
Second opinion: S.C. tea party members aren’t turned off by Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s decision to seek family health care coverage through the government’s Obamacare program that he’s vowed to dismantle.
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This story was originally published March 26, 2015 at 2:00 AM.