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Governor McMaster discusses President Trump’s infrastructure plan with USDOT and SCDOT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- President Trump’s infrastructure plan was the talk Tuesday at a statehouse round table and it could mean money for roads. President Trump is proposing a $1.5 trillion  infrastructure plan that would be partially funded using federal dollars.” “What the president has done has basically proposed a framework without really writing the specific legislative language. The administration is…

3 men arrested on gun charges suspected in mosque bombing

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say they have arrested three me from rural central Illinois on gun charges who they believe are suspects in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque and an attempted bombing of an Illinois abortion clinic. A Tuesday statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield announced the arrests on charges of possession of a machine gun….

Suit: SC failure to test inmates for hepatitis C is ‘cruel

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina inmate says the state’s prisons agency is subjecting inmates to cruel and unusual punishment by not testing them for a potentially fatal liver disease. Attorneys for Russell Geissler filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the South Carolina Department of Corrections of violating inmates’ rights by not testing them for hepatitis C. The Corrections…

Skeletal remains found in Sumter woods belong to 55 to 60-year-old man

SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – An autopsy has determined that skeletal remains found in Sumter were of a 55-60-year-old white male, according to the Sumter Police Department. #BREAKING Skeletal remains found in Sumter by children playing in a wooded area are of a 55-60 year old white man. Identity and cause of death not yet confirmed. #SCnews pic.twitter.com/oxiF8rtCfa — Josh Berry…

SC Lawmakers Deliberate Budget

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers are entering their second day of deliberations over the state’s $8.2 billion budget plan. The House resumed floor debate Tuesday morning. Lawmakers on Monday approved dozens of sections of the budget by large margins and without debate. Other sections to which amendments had been made were skipped over. Legislators voted 47-38 to freeze…

South Carolina’s Jobless Rate Inches Up Slightly

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s jobless rate inched up slightly in January, even as the state’s employment continued to rise. The Department of Employment and Workforce said in a news release Monday that the unemployment rate last month was 4.3 percent. That’s up from a revised 4.2 percent in December. Nationally, unemployment was unchanged at 4.1. The state reported…