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State Election Officials meeting in Washington for training session on security

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WASHINGTON (AP) – State election officials from around the country are gathering in Washington for training sessions and meetings with presidential nominating contests set to begin next week. The Department of Homeland Security held a training exercise for election officials from 44 states and representatives from more than a dozen voting technology companies. It’s a much different set of meetings…
Local News, News, State

South Carolina’s Confederate Relic Room ponders name change

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s military museum is considering a name change that better covers all of its artifacts. The official name of the museum now is the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. But museum leaders say they cover the entire 250 years of artifacts and not just the four years of the Confederacy. Any change…
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UC Berkeley Law School strips itself of racist namesake

The University of California, Berkeley's prestigious law school has stripped itself of a 19th century namesake who espoused racist views that led to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
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The law school at the University of California, Berkeley has stripped itself of a 19th century namesake who espoused racist views that led to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Local News, Politics

SC Proposed ban on holding Cell phones while driving could be dead at State House

Ban on holding cellphones while driving likely dead in SC
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A bill that would require anyone using a cellphone while driving in South Carolina to not hold the phone in their hands appears to be dead for the year. The Senate Transportation Committee decided Wednesday to not vote on the bill. The bill would require anyone making a cellphone call to use a Bluetooth device or…

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