The Senate has approved a proposal that would pay South Carolina teachers the small annual raises that were postponed at the start of the school year because of economic uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic. Senators Thursday unanimously approved the retroactive “step raises,” which are increases of several hundred dollars a year teachers get for each year of service.
After a marathon bill reading session that ended overnight, The Senate will debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Friday.
Texas’ power grid manager has been fired following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days. The board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas fired CEO Bill Magness on Wednesday.
A bill that would allow people to carry guns without concealing them in South Carolina is heading to the House floor. The House Judiciary Committee approved so-called open carry of weapons for people who already have a concealed-weapons permit by a 16-8 vote Tuesday.
South Carolina’s education superintendent made a surprise appearance at a hearing to ask House members to not pass a bill that would prevent transgender students from playing on girls sports teams in middle and high school.
House Democrats have approved sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition. This advances to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.
President Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks as they prepare to move the COVID bill to the Senate.
Columbia, SC (Associated Press) — The push to ban transgender athletes in South Carolina high school sports advanced at the state house Wednesday. Despite State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman asking lawmakers not to vote in favor of the bill, a House Judiciary Subcommittee voted 3-1 to approve the “Save Women’s Sports Act”. The measure, would define genders as male and…
The University of South Carolina’s first African American basketball star, a former NBA veteran running unopposed with the governor’s backing, would appear to be a slam dunk for election to a full term on the school’s Board of Trustees.
A South Carolina Senate committee approved Tuesday a measure to reinstate some teacher step raises in this year’s budget.
