COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford won't heed a deadline to request federal stimulus cash.
Sanford has until Monday to request $700 million that the state can use during the next two years mostly to help public schools.
But Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer says the budget law requiring that is unconstitutional and the governor will ignore the rule.
Another deadline looms Tuesday. The state Supreme Court has told Sanford and other to have papers filed in lawsuits filed there that try to force Sanford to request the cash.
Sawyer says those cases are without merit and the whole issue should be fought in federal court where Sanford has filed a lawsuit.
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