The Latest: Haley honors guests from SC tragedies in 2015

There was the family of Walter Scott, the unarmed black motorist killed by a white officer now charged with murder in an April traffic stop in North Charleston.

The governor also thanked South Carolina National Guard commander Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, state Emergency Management Director Kim Stenson and interim Department of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall for helping the state through the massive floods in October.

Martin has pushed for Haley's ideas, which include calls for greater disclosure of who pays lawmakers and for independent ethics investigations.

Powers Norrell says the governor is willing to give millions of dollars of incentives to out-of-state corporations for local plants but refused to ask for extra money to help farmers devastated by October's floods.

Powers Norrell also says South Carolina is a much less healthy state because Haley and Republicans have refused to take federal money to expand Medicaid.

During her State of the State speech Wednesday, Haley asked all senators who supported her calls for greater disclosure of who pays lawmakers and for independent ethics investigations of legislators to stand.

The governor also wants to add prosecutors to help try domestic violence cases faster.

Gov. Nikki Haley will use her State of the State address to advocate her budget request aimed at combatting South Carolina's dismal domestic violence statistics.

The Republican governor said last week it's immoral that police officers represent domestic violence survivors in magistrate's court against high-paid defense attorneys.