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Wednesday, August 08, 2012  South Carolina State University is considering cuts, including in sports, as it deals with an accrued $6 million budget deficit.

Monday, October 24, 2011  Already financially hurting school districts brace for more cuts ahead

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  Senate Democrats are trying one last time to advance their faltering jobs agenda.

Friday, June 04, 2010  Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends meet.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009  South Carolina legislators are expected to give a $6.6 billion state spending plan preliminary approval.   . Bakari Sellers of Denmark tried to add a poverty weighting to the state's education spending formula but failed in two efforts.