COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina senator who has fought to allow medical marijuana in the state for seven years appears to finally be getting a debate on the Senate floor. Sen. Tom Davis' medical marijuana bill was put…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) --- A bill that would make it illegal for drivers to hold a cellphone in their hands in South Carolina is heading to the Senate floor. The proposal passed the…
(ABC News) --- ATLANTA -- A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights that is looking likely to fail, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- The more than 300-thousand households in South Carolina receiving emergency snap benefits will get those benefits for at least another month. A spokesperson for the Governor and President Biden announcing Tuesday the Palmetto state has been…
Columbia, S.C. (AP)--Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina over its newly drawn state House maps. The NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union say the maps discriminate against Black people by diluting their voting power. They also say…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) --- U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn is speaking out after testing positive for COVID-19. The news comes less than a week after President Biden visited South Carolina State University to deliver the 2021 commencement speech…
(CNN) --- The Biden administration scored a significant victory Friday in its court battles to enforce various federal Covid-19 vaccine mandates, with an appeals court ruling that the government can enforce its vaccine-or-testing rule…
Newberry Co., SC (WOLO) -- State Representative Richard Ansel Martin has been indicted by a Newberry county grand jury on charges of misconduct in office and contributing to the delinquency of a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The latest runoff election results from Tuesday night project Daniel Rickenmann as the next mayor of Columbia. The latest results show Rickenmann with 10,550 votes, compared to…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Tuesday there were reports of issues at several polling places, as voters cast their ballots in the City of Columbia runoff. ABC Columbia News received calls from voters. ABC Columbia News…
Richland Co.(WOLO)--The director of the Richland County Elections and Voter Registration says issues have been reported at 11 different precincts Tuesday morning however they are not preventing residents from casting their ballots. Voters in Richland Co. are casting their ballots…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has taken the first step to block a mandate that would force healthcare workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. A.G. Wilson filed the 49 page lawsuit Monday joining 11 other…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) --- Friday the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked OSHA from forcing private employers with 100 or more employees to put a vaccine mandate in place, for now. It's now up to the court to make the…
(CNN) -- For weeks President Biden has promised Americans that the post-pandemic surge of higher prices is only temporary. But now, the White House is admitting that inflation is slowing the economic recovery…
Florence Senator Hugh Leatherman passed away early Friday morning, according to Leatherman's longtime Chief of Staff Quentin Hawkins.
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