Image: Austin Page/ABC Columbia Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a letter urging search engine Google not to censor crisis pregnancy centers from search results . Crisis pregnancy centers are often faith-based operations that provide alternatives to abortion including counseling and pre-natal care.“There’s no legitimate reason for Google to use its corporate power to discriminate…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–South Carolina’s six week abortion ban is once again going before a judge. Next Tuesday Planned Parenthood will seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block South Carolina’s ban on abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. A lawsuit filed last week asserts that the abortion ban violates South Carolinians’ state constitutional rights to…
Washington, DC (ABC)–President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday morning, his office said. He has “very mild symptoms” and is taking Paxlovid, his office said. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Categories: National News, News, Politics
Source: Prisma Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives has landed a new job. Wednesday Prisma Health announced Jay Lucas has been named the medical group’s senior vice president for government affairs. Officials say Lucas will be responsible for working with government on the local, state, and national levels on behalf of Prisma. “I am…
(AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file) Columbia, S.C. (CNN)–Former Governor Nikki Haley hinted at a potential 2024 presidential run. The Republican slammed the Biden administration tweeting that the president is desperate to get back into the Iran nuclear deal. But in another tweet, she wrote if Biden signs any deal, she promises the next president will shred it on *her* first day…
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs — recently under consideration for a slot on the U.S. Supreme Court — to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench.
President Biden is looking to revive his climate agenda after a serious blow in congress over the weekend.
As the ad-hoc committee met inside the Blatt Building on State House grounds Tuesday, protests and rallies went on outside.
Pro-abortion rights groups and pro-life advocates gathered at the capitol to express their beliefs in earshot of the committee. Members of the pro-choice group WREN led protestors in chants as members of pro-life groups like “Liberty and Justice for All” expressed their opinions nearby.
Photo: Alex Tejada Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–After hearing public testimony from pro-life and pro-choice supporters… South Carolina lawmakers returned to discuss the state’s abortion laws. An ad hoc committee of House members was tasked with suggesting a bill for a judiciary committee. ABC Columbia’s Alex Tejada was at the Blatt Building on statehouse grounds to hear what those suggestions were. The…
Columbia City Manager Teresa Wilson “respectfully declines” consideration for Lt. Governor nod by former Congressman Joe Cunningham
