SC lawmakers debate professional sports bill on House floor
South Carolina House lawmakers are closer to passing legislation to offer job tax credits and other incentives to professional sports teams.
Author: Associated Press
Apple belatedly jumps into the streaming TV business
Apple is jumping belatedly into the streaming business dominated by Netflix and Amazon
Jumping belatedly into a business dominated by Netflix and Amazon, Apple announced its own TV and movie streaming service Monday, enlisting such superstars as Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston and Steven Spielberg to try to overcome its rivals’ head start.
New owner of SCE&G offers buyouts after SCANA purchase
Dominion Energy is offering buyouts less than three months after purchasing the parent company of South Carolina Electric & Gas.
Two Georgia players arrested after bar fight
Georgia senior wide receiver Tyler Simmons and freshman defensive back Tyrique Stevenson are facing misdemeanor charges following a bar fight.
Avenatti charged with trying to extort millions from Nike
Michael Avenatti, the attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was arrested Monday on charges that he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike and embezzled a client’s money to pay his own expenses.
Sponsor: SC ban on drivers holding cellphones likely dead
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The sponsor of a bill that would ban drivers in South Carolina from holding cellphones in their hands says it likely won’t pass this year. Legislators in the House voted Wednesday to send the bill back to committee. Opponents questioned if drivers could be sent to jail for not paying a $200 fine and if language…
SC House to consider Santee Cooper sale bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina House appears to be ready to give quick consideration to a bill to hire experts to seek bids to buy state-owned utility Santee Cooper. A proposal filed Thursday would give experts if hired permission to seek one best and final offer and submit it to the General Assembly. A subcommittee and the full…
Booker nets 1st 2020 endorsement from SC lawmaker
Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker has netted the first endorsement from a sitting lawmaker in the crucial early-voting state of South Carolina.
No. 1 Virginia avoids 2nd straight huge NCAA tourney upset
This time, Virginia was not one-and-done against a 16 seed.
Russia probe over, Mueller hands over report to DOJ
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates. The report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the stage for…
