JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press

COLUMBIA — The invitation from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he was bringing reporters together Wednesday to talk about his vetoes in the state budget.

But instead, it was a victory lap for both the Republican governor and the Republican-dominated General Assembly as McMaster spent his time talking about all his priorities that the legislature kept in the spending plan — not the 11 things worth $10,000 he took out of the 2025-26 fiscal year budget. Politics

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MARC LEVY Associated Press

It was a stark reminder after nine years in office how much different McMaster is than his previous Republican predecessors, governors who relished in fig

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