Upstate lawmakers preview legislation ahead of 2025 session [Video]

Lawmakers will be back at the South Carolina State House on Jan. 14, as the 2025 session begins.Republican lawmakers say they’ll be focusing on tax reform and education reform. “If it’s school choice, if it’s tort reform, if it’s energy reform and tax cuts, the South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus is working on a conservative agenda that will move South Carolina forward,” said Greenville Sen. Jason Elliott. According to Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto from Orangeburg, Democrats want to increase the health care workforce and offer housing for public employees.”We’ve got some infrastructure challenges as it relates to our roads, but we also have workforce development needs. We got to make sure that we’ve got people trained in the right careers. We know right now we have deficits in health care, law enforcement,” Hutto said. “I have a bill now that would incentivize doctors who want to go back and …