Politics & Government
SC Agency Heads, College Presidents Get First Raise in 5 Years
A SC legislative panel has approved raises for college presidents and directors of state agencies for the first time since 2007

College presidents and the heads of state agencies will be getting bigger paychecks from now on.
The Agency Head Salary Commission, a legislative panel in Columbia voted today to approve 7 percent salary raises for the heads of state agencies and technical college directors. The panel also approved 8 percent salary increases for the presidents of 4-year public colleges, according to WLTX.com.
The approval marks the first time since 2007 that raises for those state employees have been approved.
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