Good news for teachers and students in South Carolina:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/...
South Carolina's high court has ordered Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to request $700 million in federal stimulus money, which would head primarily to cash-strapped schools over the next two years.
The state Supreme Court issued its ruling Thursday, a day after hearing arguments in Sanford's legal fight to reject the money. The anti-bailout governor refused to take the cash even after legislators passed a budget requiring him to do so.
Sanford has said that he wouldn't appeal the ruling, so we'll see if he sticks to his word. He made a lot of political hay on this topic while causing a lot of angst here in the Palmetto State. Hard to believe that the GOP-controlled Legislature was the source of common sense on this topic.