COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- State senators on the finance committee advanced a funding plan for road repairs with a vote of 14 to 7. Under this plan South Carolina’s current 16 cent gas tax would rise to 28 cents by 2023. The committee’s plan changes the House’s gas tax proposal from two cents every year for five years to two cents…
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)– SC DPS website The director of South Carolina’s Department of Public Safety calls a House vote seeking his removal “disappointing.” Lawmakers voted 76-20 Tuesday to eliminate the director’s position and reduce the agency’s funding. That would effectively fire Leroy Smith if the clause remains in the budget. Democratic Rep. Russell Ott says that’s a decision for the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Fifteen candidates have filed for the special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by Mick Mulvaney’s confirmation as White House budget director. State Election Commission records show seven Republicans, three Democrats and five third-party candidates filed paperwork by the Monday noon deadline. Republican contenders include House Speaker Pro Tem Tommy Pope and former…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The House has voted to fire the director of South Carolina’s Department of Public Safety through the state budget. Lawmakers voted 76-20 Tuesday to eliminate the director’s position and reduce the agency’s funding, effectively firing Leroy Smith. Democratic Rep. Russell Ott says that’s a decision for the governor. But Republican Rep. Mike Pitts says the move…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – It’s budget week in the South Carolina House. Debate opened Monday on the Ways and Means Committee’s roughly $8 billion spending plan for state taxes. It includes $150 million to begin shoring up the state’s pension system for public workers and $82 million to cover Hurricane Matthew cleanup costs. The budget proposal for the fiscal year…
Time flies: Today marks the 50th day of President Donald Trump’s administration and the halfway point in the storied “first 100 days.”
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A bill allowing adults to carry a gun in South Carolina without a permit is advancing in the House. A House subcommittee’s three Republicans voted for the bill Thursday with no discussion. The panel’s two Democrats were absent. Similar bills in this gun-friendly state have died repeatedly since at least 2011. Law enforcement officials have consistently…
A pair of senators are working together from across the aisle to get to the bottom of President Donald Trump’s explosive allegation that President Obama wiretapped the phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 election season.
Gov. Henry McMaster suggests allowing the Department of Transportation to keep all the state gas taxes currently collected as a way to fix South Carolina’s crumbling roads.
What the White House is saying about South Korea’s latest ballistic missile test
