(WOLO) – You have less than a week to register to vote for the upcoming primary elections. The deadline is Thursday, January 30th. You can register to vote online at SCvotes.org by using the SC Votes app or by registering in person at your county voter registration offices. Most offices will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday so make sure…
(CNN) — Thousands gathered in Washington today for the annual March for Life rally. each year advocates gather in the nation’s capital to call for an end to abortion. This afternoon, President Donald Trump became the first president to address those in attendance. During his speech, the president said he will continue to support the anti-abortion movement. The very first…
Columbia, SC (AP) —A top Richland County official is switching allegiances when it comes to the 2020 presidential election. Richland County Council Vice Chair Dalhi Myers tells the Associated Press she is no longer endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden and will instead back Senator Bernie Sanders. Myers says she changed her mind in part because she values what she…
Image: CNN (CNN)— The longtime PBS Anchor, Jim Lehrer has died. Lehrer who may be most well known for his more than 30 years as the host of the PBS show he ‘Newshour’ passed away today. According to a statement released by PBS says he died “peacefully in his sleep at home.” Lehrer had served as a moderator for a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is set to deliver his State of the City address next week. The mayor will speak on issues facing the City of Columbia and is expected to lay out his vision for the future. The State of the City will will be held Wednesday, January 29 at 6pm at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The director of South Carolina prisons is asking for more than $100 million to upgrade security and raise employee salaries. Director Bryan Stirling appeared Wednesday before a panel of three House members for the first of about a half-dozen meetings about his request. Stirling wants a new electronic lock system to replace the physical key needed…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — After Governor Henry McMaster finished his speech for the 2020 State of the State address, House Minority Leader and Richland County Representative Todd Rutherford gave the Democratic response. Rutherford highlighted the need for criminal justice reform, legalizing medical cannabis as a safer alternative to the ongoing opioid crisis, and even calling an abortion bill a “divisive”…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Governor Henry McMaster made education, taxes and the fetal heartbeat bill a top priority at this third state of the state address Wednesday night. McMaster made it clear that he wants to kick off 2020 by helping teachers. His goal is to have South Carolina rank in the top 25 when it comes to teacher pay. “Last year, we…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Education, health care, and tax cuts are all expected to be highlights of this evening’s speech. Some of those goals were laid out in the governor’s proposed spending plan released earlier this month. That included raising teacher pay by three thousand dollars, and expanding full-day Pre-K to all four year olds from lower income families across…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –State lawmakers continue to go back-and-forth about the state of education in South Carolina, but some are making a stand against legislation pushing for the use of school choice vouchers. A school choice voucher uses government funding to give students a choice of what school they could attend. On Wednesday, several Democratic lawmakers joined with educators to…
