South Carolina lawmakers improperlyย gave themselvesย a $1,500 monthly raise, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a unanimous decision that will end up cutting legislators' pay by thousands of dollars.
ABC Columbia's Lee Williams spoke with each candidate on Wednesday, both highlighting their different backgrounds. Lumpkin spent decades as a public health professional and leader in community service. Brown is the president of a local company based in Columbia.
The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of theย penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.
As theย House returnsย Wednesday for the first time in months, Democratย Adelita Grijalvaย will be sworn in as its newest member, more than seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona to fill the seat last held by herย late father.
The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epsteinย wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump โknew about the girls," according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.
House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation's capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longestย federal government shutdownย in U.S. history.
The City of Columbia's 47th Annual Veterans Day Parade kicked off at the corners of Sumter and Laurel Streets as families, friends, and those who've served cheered from the side.
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during theย government shutdown,ย Speaker Mike Johnsonย is recalling lawmakers back into session โ and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing.