Nick Reynolds

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds

COLUMBIA — A sitting South Carolina state senator this morning sued his colleagues over a line item in the 2026 budget that gave every member of the Legislature an $18,000 pay raise. In a brief filed with the S.C. Supreme Court, Rock Hill Republican Sen. Wes Climer says the lawmakers' decision to increase their in-district expenses from $1,000 per month to $2,500 per month was implemented unconstitutionally because sitting politicians can't raise compensation for themselves.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds

COLUMBIA — A growing chorus of voices in the Democrats' S.C. House Caucus is calling for a change in leadership after a disappointing legislative session left the minority party struggling to produce a coherent case against the Republican majority. In interviews with The Post and Courier ahead of last weekend’s state Democratic Convention, several House lawmakers say their longtime minority leader — Columbia Rep.

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds |Anna Wilder

COLUMBIA — The S.C. Legislature overwhelmingly passed a $14.7 billion state budget May 28 despite concerns from some members over a more than doubling of their allocation for in-district expenses to $18,000 per lawmaker per year. One legislator threatened to sue over the bump, saying he believed the increase — which was passed through the budget and will take effect immediately — is unconstitutional.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds

COLUMBIA — If plans to entice private investors to revive a pair of unfinished reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant were ever going to happen, South Carolina needed to keep tax credits dating back to the Biden administration. And for a while, state leaders thought they would lose them.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Nick Reynolds

COLUMBIA — Out of the hundreds of votes South Carolina legislators make each year, the state budget is supposed to be one of the easiest. But ahead of an anticipated May 28 consideration on the final negotiated spending plan, something is complicating the process: a last-minute proviso to increase legislators' in-district expenses from the current $1,000 per month to $2,500 per month — or $18,000 per year.