COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-The road to better buses just got a little longer after legislators put on the brakes in the Senate Wednesday. Senators are asking representatives to go back and take a second look at their overrides to the governor’s budget vetoes. The South Carolina Senate has agreed to take up the governor’s vetoes next week. “I’m suggesting to the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- The legislative session officially kicked off Tuesday. Governor McMaster and lawmakers both said they want to make school buses safer around our state but they have two different ideas as to how the state should get this done. State representatives voted overwhelmingly to override the governor’s bus vetoes. The vetoes come after Governor McMaster issued 41 vetoes to the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Governor Henry McMaster announces a plan he says is full of incentives including putting some money back in your wallet. Governor McMaster said President Trump’s tax reform plan has influenced him to cut income taxes in our state. The governor wants to decrease every tax bracket by one percent over five years totaling to 2.2 billion dollars…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is hosting a Southeast Human Trafficking Coalition meeting. Advocates from eight states are taking part. “Human trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world and South Carolina sits right between two of the top-20 hubs for it—Atlanta and Charlotte,” says South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. “That’s why we created our…
The Governor will be in Lexington Friday morning to make an announcement about a tax reform proposal aimed at providing relief to those who serve in uniform.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with members of the Southeastern Coalition Against Human Trafficking will discuss the prevalence of the crime, and their efforts to stop it, at a news conference Friday morning in the State House.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has activated the SC National Guard for winter weather recovery. The Guard will focus efforts on the 1-95 Corridor. According to Governor Henry McMaster, “There are South Carolinians in need right now, and as always, the National Guard is ready, willing, and able to answer the call of duty and help the brave…
Doug Jones is expected to be sworn in to the Alabama Senate Wednesday afternoon.
(WOLO) – If one state Senator has his way, driving slow in the fast lane will only get you a bigger ticket faster. Greenville republican Ross Turner has introduced a bill that would increase the fine for driving slower than the normal traffic in the passing lane by $200. Turner told the Charleston Post and Courier he is not sure…
In a history-making conservation deal, an island off the South Carolina coast owned by media mogul Ted Turner now belongs to the state.
