For South Carolina counties, springtime marks the beginning of the annual budget process, a routine that identifies priorities and allocates resources for the fiscal year ahead. However, this year, the traditional cadence of this process was hijacked by the COVID-19 pandemic, with its haphazard mix of virtual meetings, gallons of hand sanitizer, fist bumps, and shots in the dark. As the time of COVID-19 approaches the end of its first year, we are all beginning to see and feel the financial impacts of those budget projections. …

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