JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is proclaiming April as Confederate Heritage Month, but without mentioning slavery. His proclamation was posted to the Mississippi Sons of Confederate Veterans website but not to the governor’s site. He signed it days before legislators killed bills that would have either removed the Confederate battle emblem from the 122-year-old state flag or…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A House budget panel chairman is proposing borrowing roughly $200 million to pay for maintenance at South Carolina’s public colleges. Republican Rep. Jim Merrill of Charleston said Wednesday his subcommittee will introduce the proposal when the budget debate moves to the House floor next month. GOP Gov. Nikki Haley has staunchly opposed issuing a bond bill…
COLUMBIA,SC (AP)– The House budget-writing committee is advancing a spending plan that would give most state employees a 1 percent pay increase, provide $250 million for roadwork and cut income taxes by $130 million. Ways and Means tentatively approved Wednesday a $7.5 billion plan for state taxes that spends an additional $300 million on kindergarten-through-12th-grade education. Categories: News, State
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Wednesday’s severe weather was mostly felt through wild wind that whipped across the Midlands, downing trees, causing thousands of power outages and big waves at Lake Murray. ABC Columbia Chief Meteorologist John Farley said gusts at the lake reached up to 56 miles per hour. The hard hitting winds, leaving about 20,000 SCE&G customers in the…
A parent monitoring their child’s Facebook account may have saved a teacher’s life.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Charleston is no longer considering a moratorium on new hotels in the downtown area but city will conduct a three-month study of the impact of hotels. Local media outlets report city council was to have considered a yearlong moratorium Tuesday but the item was pulled from the agenda. The moratorium was proposed by Mayor John Tecklenburg…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — It has been a little more than six months since the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. The flag has since been placed at the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia. This week proposals to change the location of the flag to a museum in Charleston are advancing in the…
ABC NEWS– After winning his third consecutive GOP primary contest Tuesday in Nevada, Donald Trump has landed his first congressional endorsements, the latest sign members of the Republican political establishment are coming to terms with the New York businessman securing the GOP presidential nomination. Rep. Chris Collins, R-New York, a wealthy former businessman from upstate New York, said in a statement this morning…
COLUMBIA , S.C. (WOLO) — This week, the ABC Columbia team is profiling each Democratic candidate ahead of Saturday’s primary. In the most recent polls, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders trails behind front-runner Hillary Clinton. However, at a press conference on Wednesday morning Sanders said he is not giving up the fight in the Palmetto State. “I think we are going…
Flood victim Jennifer Gneiser is back in her home for the first time in a long time.
