Governor McMaster says no to sanctuary cities in SC
Governor Henry McMaster wants to make sure that South Carolina follows the letter of the law when it comes to making sure the Palmetto State does not become a sanctuary city.
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Representatives Call for Metal Detectors in All Public Schools
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Some representatives want to arm schools with another layer of protection: metal detectors. People gathered on the steps of the Statehouse to demand safer schools. One of those demands includes metal detectors for every public school and they say that is a very small price for protecting school children. This is a study the…
SC House passes bill to help cut customers’ bills after failed nuclear project
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina lawmakers voted 107 to 1 today to pass a measure that would allow SCE&G customers to stop paying for the failed VC Summer project, but they say the Senate has done nothing to help move the bill forward. SCANA customers have paid more than 2 billion dollars toward the company’s debt on the failed…
State Senators give green light to electric chair executions
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO, AP) – The South Carolina Senate has agreed to bring back the electric chair as a means of execution in the state. The Senate voted 26 to 12 Tuesday (3/7) for the proposal to use the electric chair if the state does not have the drugs to carry out lethal injection. South Carolina’s execution drugs expired in…
McMaster Names Condon Santee-Cooper Chairman
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Today Gov. Henry McMaster named Charleston Attorney Charlie Condon as the new chairman of Santee Cooper’s Board of Directors. Condon fills the position left vacant by former chairman Leighton Lord. Lord resigned from the post back in December after Gov. McMaster called for his resignation in the wake of the abandonment of the construction of two nuclear reactors…
SC House Advances Bill Cutting Customer Bills Over Failed Nuke Project
Columbia, S.C. (AP, WOLO)–South Carolina lawmakers have advanced a measure aimed at drawing down utility bills in the wake of a nuclear construction project failure that’s already cost ratepayers billions. The House voted 107-1 Wednesday to give second reading to a bill halting customer payments for the failed project at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. One more procedural vote must…
Disability Advocacy Day at the State House
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Planned Parenthood supporters rally against personhood bill at the statehouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Dozens of women came to the statehouse Tuesday to speak out against a senate bill that would outlaw abortion. Planned Parenthood supporters say this bill would ban way more than just abortions but senators say that’s not the purpose of the bill at all. “The primary purpose of the bill is to protect human life from it’s…
FedEx will not cut ties with National Rifle Association
(WOLO) – Fed-Ex is not cutting its ties with the National Rifle Association. Gun control advocates have called for companies to stop doing business with the NRA, however Fed-Ex issued a statement saying it “has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues.”…
District 69 Runoff Candidates Share Their Platforms and Plans to Win
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO)-Voters in Lexington will head back to the polls in under two weeks for a runoff election to fill Rick Quinn’s seat in the statehouse. Both Chris Wooten and Anne Marie Green said their grassroots efforts got them this far but they have two different ideas of how they want to represent the people of Lexington. Wooten, the…
