Proposed SC budget include teacher raises [Video]

Teachers and state employees would get raises under a spending plan being debated by the South Carolina House this week, but many other state agency requests are being rejected as the influx of money from pandemic relief and good economic times slows.South Carolina is in a good place economically, with revenues up despite tax cuts, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bruce Bannister told his colleagues last week as he gave a brief overview of the proposed $13.2 billion budget for next fiscal year.With unemployment at a historic low, the $1.7 billion extra that lawmakers have to spend would be quite a boon. But Bannister said state agencies made about $4.7 billion in requests.More news: Coroner releases name of driver killed in Upstate crash“We’re going back to sort of normal budget levels, and with the requests, this actually ends up being a pretty tight budget year,” the Republican from Greenville …