The Senate gave key approval to the state’s $5.8 billion budget Monday with no debate and no objections.

The Senate could be finished with the budget by Tuesday after the bill was given second reading Monday.

Democrats and Republicans praised a spending plan that fully funds a state formula for per-student spending, gives state workers a 4 percent raise, hires more law officers and pays them more, covers a tax break for small businesses and addresses shortfalls in Medicaid spending.

CHARLESTON

• Air Force reservists report for active duty

About three dozen Charleston Air Force reservists were reporting for active duty Monday to support the war on terror, the Air Force said.

The members of the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron will be used to transport and care for injured service members around the world.

Gov. Mark Sanford was formerly a member of the unit. In March, Sanford transferred to the Air Force’s National Security Emergency Preparedness Agency.

MYRTLE BEACH

• Judge makes no ruling in NAACP suit

Lawyers for Myrtle Beach and the NAACP argued in front of a federal judge in Florence on Monday about whether the city could justify its traffic plans for the Atlantic Beach Bikefest.

There was no ruling after the three-hour hearing, but U.S. District Court Judge Terry Wooten said he will decide “soon as I can” whether the city can use its previous traffic patterns for May’s two bike rallies.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked the judge for an injunction Monday to temporarily block traffic management patterns for the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, saying they are discriminatory. The city asked to keep the patterns, which lawyers said protect citizens and visitors.

FLORENCE

• Army won’t release report on copter crash

A Black Hawk helicopter that crashed last year in South Carolina began having trouble when it encountered bad weather about 20 minutes into its nighttime flight, according to information released by the Army.

But the Army has refused to release the report’s findings on what caused the accident that killed three people. The helicopter disappeared into a fog bank before it crashed in the median of I-95 near Florence on April 26, 2004.

CHERAW

• Golf course at state park to remain public

A proposal by a private company to take over operation of the golf course at Cheraw State Park has been deemed inadequate, according to the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

The department early this year asked private golf course companies to submit proposals to take over the operation of the Cheraw course. Only one proposal was submitted, and the state Materials Management Office has found that proposal doesn’t meet minimum requirements, the parks department said Monday.

Contributing: Staff writer Joey Holleman and The Associated Press