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Mayor Benjamin to deliver State of City address

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO)– Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin has announced his plans to deliver the State of the City address. The Mayor will outline his plans for the new year in the address on January 29, 2019. WHO:          Mayor Steve Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia   WHEN:        Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.   WHERE:      University of South Carolina School of Law, Karen…
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3 of the Americans killed in bomb blast in northern Syria identified

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(ABC News)- The Pentagon has identified three of the four Americans killed in a bomb blast in Syria on Wednesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Syria since they entered the country in 2015. Three other Americans were injured in the attack. The two service members and a Defense Department civilian employee were identified as Army Chief Warrant Officer…
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Donate to local food pantries to help families impacted by shutdown

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Help families impacted by the shutdown through donating food COLUMBIA S.C. (WOLO)- Of course you can always donate to your local food bank year round, but right now those food banks can especially use your help so that they can help those families affected by the government shutdown. It’s been almost a month since some government workers have seen a check…
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TSA report contradicts claims of extraordinarily long wait times during government shutdown

Joshua Clothier,

(WOLO) – Contrary to previous reports of long security checkpoint wait times during the government shutdown, the TSA has released its report debunking accounts of travel woes. According to TSA’s “Checkpoint Operations Statement” for Wednesday (1/17), the average wait time for passengers across the country’s 42 most popular airports was less than 30 minutes. The longest wait time was at…
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Gov., Senate, House leaders call for education funding reform

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Governor Henry McMaster is continuing to push for education funding reform during this legislative session. Thursday the governor, Senate President Harvey Peeler, and House Speaker Jay Lucas sent a letter to the director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. In the letter the leaders say,  “reforming the education funding formula is a necessary step to ensure…
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SC Lawmakers push to legalize medical marijuana

Alexis Frazier,

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Lawmakers want to legalize marijuana in the Palmetto state by reintroducing what would be the Compassionate Care Act. The bill introduced Tuesday, would legalize cannabis to help people with conditions like cancer, PTSD, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, glaucoma, Chron’s Disease, sickle cell anemia, ulcerative colitis, wasting syndrome, persistent nausea, people undergoing end-of-life hospice care and more. Lawmakers have added strict…