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Biden announced bipartisan deal made on huge infrastructure plan

Jun 24, 2021 9:36 PM EDT

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has announced a bipartisan agreement on a pared-down but still huge infrastructure plan. The agreement with a group of Republican and Democratic senators on Thursday would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. However, Biden acknowledged that Democrats will likely have to tackle…

GOP filibuster blocks Democrats’ big voting rights bill

Jun 22, 2021 9:22 PM EDT

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law has suffered a major setback in the U.S. Senate. The bill failed in a key test vote Tuesday, blocked by a filibuster wall of Republican opposition. The measure would strike down hurdles to voting that advocates view as the Civil Rights fight of the era. President…

High court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit

By Jessica Gresko

Jun 22, 2021 10:10 AM EDT

Associated Press,

The Supreme Court is backing Nestle and Cargill and threw out a child slave labor lawsuit against both of the companies.

Lawmakers consider bill to let mental health professionals refuse care for religious beliefs

Lawmakers are expected to meet again later this summer to continue discussions over the issue

Jun 21, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

Associated Press,

FILE Columbia, SC (Associated Press) — South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill to let mental health professionals refuse to provide care that violates their religious beliefs. The legislation was introduced in response to a new ordinance banning conversion therapy for minors in Columbia, The state’s capital city. The bill’s sponsor is Josh Kimbrell, a Republican senator from Spartanburg. He…

Affordable Health Care Act upheld by Supreme Court

The decision came down to a vote of 7 to 2

Jun 18, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

CNN,

(CNN) — The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been saved by a Supreme Court decision. In a 7 to 2 vote, the Justices kept the health care law intact, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. Reid Binion has the latest. Categories: Health, National News, News, Politics

Scotch whisky makers welcome suspension of costly US tariffs

Jun 17, 2021 9:44 PM EDT

Associated Press,

LONDON (AP) — Scotch single malt whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports in the wake of the resolution of a long-standing transatlantic trade row over subsidies to aircraft companies Boeing and Airbus. President Donald Trump imposed the 25% tariffs on select products of the…

City of Columbia passes ban on conversion therapy

Jun 15, 2021 4:03 PM EDT

Rob Dew,

(Courtesy: City of Columbia) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The controversial practice of conversion therapy is now banned in the city of Columbia. Tuesday afternoon the Columbia City Council voted four to three to pass the ordinance which prohibits licensed therapists from practicing conversion therapy on people under the age of 18. The practice is an attempt to change someone’s sexual orientation. Categories:…

News execs protest seizing of journalists’ phone, email records

Jun 14, 2021 9:35 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

Bruce Brown, second from right executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, speaks accompanied by Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan, left, Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Washington Post general counsel Jay Kennedy, New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, and CNN executive vice president and general counsel David Vigilante, right, after a meeting with Attorney General…

Netanyahu ousted as Israel’s prime minister

Jun 13, 2021 4:42 PM EDT

Lindsey Goodwin,

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Israel’s parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year-rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned bitter rival, becomes prime minster, presiding over a diverse and fragile coalition comprised of eight parties with deep ideological differences. Netanyahu remains head of the Likud party and will hold the…

Senate panel votes no confidence in Juvenile Justice leader

Jun 9, 2021 9:50 PM EDT

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A group of state senators investigating South Carolina’s juvenile prison system have voted they have no confidence in Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough. The vote Wednesday by a Senate subcommittee investigating the agency came after current and former teachers and jail officers testified that conditions keep getting worse. Five days earlier, many of those…

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Biden announced bipartisan deal made on huge infrastructure plan

GOP filibuster blocks Democrats’ big voting rights bill

High court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit

By Jessica Gresko

Lawmakers consider bill to let mental health professionals refuse care for religious beliefs

Lawmakers are expected to meet again later this summer to continue discussions over the issue

Affordable Health Care Act upheld by Supreme Court

The decision came down to a vote of 7 to 2

Scotch whisky makers welcome suspension of costly US tariffs

City of Columbia passes ban on conversion therapy

News execs protest seizing of journalists’ phone, email records

Netanyahu ousted as Israel’s prime minister

Senate panel votes no confidence in Juvenile Justice leader

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