COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - The heads of both chambers of the South Carolina Statehouse have taken issue with the city of Columbia's school mask mandate and have asked the State Attorney General to take action. A…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook's move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. In a letter…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - The South Carolina Department of Education announced Thursday it has hired former Lexington-Richland 5 Superintendent Dr. Christina Melton. Melton resigned suddenly in June after having been named the Superintendent of the Year. The former superintendent will…
Columbia, SC (WOLO)--- The Mayor of Columbia has declared a state of emergency -- and he's primarily focused on masks in schools. This as case numbers of COVID and…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- a small group of South Carolina senators are in discussions on how to spend two and half billion dollars of federal COVID-19 relief. The Senate American Rescue Plan…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - The University of South Carolina announced Friday it would immediately begin requiring face coverings inside campus buildings. The University cited low vaccine uptake statewide and high disease transmission rates in Richland County as reason for the…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has overwhelmingly passed emergency legislation that will bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and increase the number of visas for allies who worked alongside Americans in the Afghanistan…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Four jobless South Carolinians have sued Gov. Henry McMaster over his decision to exit the federal unemployment programs providing extra money to jobless residents earlier this summer. The residents said in lawsuit filed in state court…
(ABC NEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON -- With inflation uncomfortably high and the COVID-19 Delta variant raising economic concerns, a divided Federal Reserve will meet this week to discuss when and how it…
(CNN) -- For the first time since the beginning of the year coronavirus cases are surging in all fifty states--- with cases hitting states with low vaccination rates the hardest. Now, the Biden administration…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- Friday a University of South Carolina committee released its final report on which buildings it believes should be renamed on the Columbia campus. According to the report by the Presidential…
Hopkins, SC (WOLO) -- South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn was in the Midlands Wednesday for his "Help is here Town Hall Tour." Clyburn has been making the rounds through South Carolina communities trying…
The Senate's top Democrat is backing a bill that would strike down a longstanding federal marijuana prohibition.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster convened the Accelerate SC Committee Tuesday. Originally, the group was formed to manage the state's response to COVID-19. On Tuesday, the purpose was initial discussion of the more…
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