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Lawmakers fear they are running out of time to pass a hate crime bill

Apr 21, 2021 9:08 PM EDT

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Supporters of making South Carolina the next-to-last state in the U.S. to pass a hate crime law acknowledge they are running out of time in this year’s legislative session. A House-passed bill was sent to the full Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday after Democratic senators asked their Republican colleagues on a subcommittee to hold off on…

Lawmakers approve surplus raises for teachers, state workers

Apr 20, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The COVID-19 economic downturn wasn’t as bad as feared in South Carolina, so lawmakers suddenly have a lot more money to spend. The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday set aside money for a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers as the panel approved its version of the roughly $10 billion…

Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, dies at 93

By Doug Glass

Apr 20, 2021 5:16 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, who served under former President Jimmy Carter, has died at the age of 93.

Equal Pay bill passes House, could face challenges in Senate

The measure passed 217-210 in the House Thursday, but some it faces little chance in the Senate

Apr 15, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

Associated Press,

(ABC NEWS) —WASHINGTON — House Democrats approved legislation Thursday that they say would help close the gap between what men and women are paid in the workplace, though the measure faces little chance of overcoming Republican opposition in the Senate. The bill, which is supported by President Joe Biden’s administration, passed 217-210 on a mostly party-line vote. It is the…

SC House passes bill adding African American documents to required college course

Apr 15, 2021 9:23 PM EDT

Associated Press,

(AP) – The South Carolina House has approved a bill that would revise a required college course on America’s founding that hasn’t been changed since 1924. The bill passed 91-12 on Thursday after Republicans agreed to a Democratic amendment that the class include “one or more documents that are foundational to the African American Freedom struggle.” The semester-long course would…

Woman suing Governor McMaster over back to work directive speaks out

The state employee took issue with Governor McMaster's directive telling people working form home to return to the office

Apr 7, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

ABC Team,

Myrtle Beach, SC (WPDE) — Wednesday we heard from the woman who has filed a lawsuit against Governor Henry McMaster after he directed state employees who are working from home to return to the office. Annette Montgomery from our ABC Sister in myrtle Beach spoke exclusively to the woman who field the lawsuit with the help of the A.C.L.U. Categories:…

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Lawmaker’s comments on SC hate crime bill called “overtly racist, offensive”

Apr 7, 2021 9:49 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State leaders have started responding to a lawmakers’s comments about why he voted against the hate crime bill moving its way through the South Carolina legislature. The bill known as the Clementa Pinckney Bill passed its first reading in the House with a vote of 79-29 Wednesday afternoon but within hours controversy has spread across the…

Open carry without permit approved by SC House

Apr 7, 2021 9:18 PM EDT

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina House has approved a so-called constitutional carry bill that would let state residents carry guns openly without a permit. Lawmakers voted 69-47 in favor of the bill Wednesday. Several weeks ago, lawmakers approved a bill that would let anyone with a concealed weapons permit carry openly. The “constitutional” carry bill goes further: It…

South Carolina to get $47 million from CDC to help expand vaccine efforts

The $47 million dollars is intended to help expand COVID-19 vaccination efforts in minority communities

Apr 7, 2021 1:25 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Columbia, SC (Associated Press) —South Carolina is getting a major boost from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for COVID-19 vaccine programs. The $47 million dollar award is intended to assist local efforts that would expand vaccinations in the state. 75% of the total funding must go toward program sand initiatives specifically aimed at getting more vaccines into…

Senator Graham open to talks with Democratic colleagues over gun laws

Senator Graham says he is willing to keep guns out the hands of those who pose threat, not law abiding citizens

Apr 1, 2021 11:53 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff, Rebecca Ball,

Greenville, SC (WOLO) — While Senator Lindsey Graham was in South Carolina Thursday he made a stop at the Palmetto State Armory in Greenville, to show support for the second amendment. Senator Graham say he’s willing to have a conversation with his Democratic colleagues about making sure people who are a danger to themselves or others do not have access…

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Lawmakers fear they are running out of time to pass a hate crime bill

Lawmakers approve surplus raises for teachers, state workers

Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, dies at 93

By Doug Glass

Equal Pay bill passes House, could face challenges in Senate

The measure passed 217-210 in the House Thursday, but some it faces little chance in the Senate

SC House passes bill adding African American documents to required college course

Woman suing Governor McMaster over back to work directive speaks out

The state employee took issue with Governor McMaster's directive telling people working form home to return to the office

Lawmaker’s comments on SC hate crime bill called “overtly racist, offensive”

Open carry without permit approved by SC House

South Carolina to get $47 million from CDC to help expand vaccine efforts

The $47 million dollars is intended to help expand COVID-19 vaccination efforts in minority communities

Senator Graham open to talks with Democratic colleagues over gun laws

Senator Graham says he is willing to keep guns out the hands of those who pose threat, not law abiding citizens

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