As the White House braces for former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony Thursday, sources tell ABC News the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become so tense that Sessions at one point recently even suggested he could resign. The friction between the two men stems from the attorney general’s abrupt decision in March to recuse…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- With a vote of 100-9 in the House and 40-2 in the Senate, lawmakers passed an $8 billion state budget Tuesday. Despite both chambers passing it overwhelmingly, there was one hang up that kept senators debating for hours. The House passed a proviso that lawmakers say limits the commission on higher education’s administrative authority for construction at colleges and…
Gov. Henry McMaster is asking the board of South Carolina’s public health agency to reaffirm it won’t send any federal grant money to abortion providers.
The Senate has rejected plans to strip South Carolina’s higher education agency of its ability to review the bulk of public colleges’ building plans.
The South Carolina General Assembly is returning to Columbia to consider a compromise version of the state budget for the fiscal year that begins next month.
FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, May 3, 2017. Carolyn Kaster/AP, file ABC NEWS-President Donald Trump is leaning against invoking executive privilege to try to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying about their private conversations regarding an investigation into Trump’s former national security adviser, two…
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)–A legislative panel has approved a budget compromise that begins shoring up the state pension system, spends $55 to upgrade K-12 schools, and provides $68 million for Hurricane Matthew cleanup costs. The agreement reached late Wednesday on a roughly $8 billion spending plan for state taxes ends weeks of negotiation. The full House and Senate are expected to…
President Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, he said this afternoon.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–– Governor Henry McMaster signed a new bill into law Wednesday designed to remove a stumbling block from the Freedom of Information Act. The new law will require state government agencies to respond to public records requests within 10 days of receiving a request and produce the records within 30 days of determination. According to the Governor, “This bill is an…
(ABC NEWS)– President Donald Trump offered a solemn tribute to America’s service members during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, honoring those who gave their lives in war and those serving in defense of the country. “Here at this hallowed shrine, we honor the noblest among us, the men and women who paid the ultimate price…
