SC has a $177 million surplus. State workers, teachers want their cut

The State: South Carolina’s state workers and teachers say they should get most of the state’s $177 million budget surplus.

That idea was endorsed Friday by state Rep. James Smith, the Democratic challenger to Republican Gov Henry McMaster in next month’s election.

Carlton Washington, head of the S.C. State Employees Association, sent a letter Monday to McMaster asking for his support in using the one-time surplus for one-time bonuses, split between the 80,000-plus state workers and public school teachers.

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