S.C. Lottery Proposal Advances in Legislature
Policymakers in South Carolina aren't willing to leave to chance a referendum authorizing a state lottery for education.
Only days after the state House agreed to turn the question over to voters in November 2000, Gov. Jim Hodges' staff and his supporters are gearing up to sell the referendum to voters across the state.
The first-term Democratic governor hopes to use the projected $150 million collected from a new state lottery each year to pay for preschool initiatives, K-12 construction and...
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