The governor is directing DSS to submit a waiver request to exclude the purchase of candy, energy drinks, soft drinks, and sweetened beverages from the list of eligible foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) officials, members of the General Assembly, and other state and local leaders joined Governor Henry McMaster to announced that final funding for an armed, certified, full-time school resource officer (SRO) in every South Carolina public school has been secured.
According to the Office of the Governor, Governor Henry McMaster suspended Bethune Town Councilman John Anthony Heflin from office.
South Carolina Democrats have called on Governor Henry McMaster to keep the South Carolina National Guard in the state during hurricane season, with the Republican governor planning to send hundreds of troops to Washington DC to aide President Trump’s federal crackdown on crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital.
The Seizures Safe Schools Act took effect during the first week of July, requiring all South Carolina public and charter schools to adopt a seizure training program.
In a decision of six to three, the U.S. Supreme Court justices determined that states have the right to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
“But no matter what the court or politicians say, transgender people are not alone in this fight. Our case in SC continues and we will never stop fighting in the courtroom and in communities across the state to ensure that transgender South Carolinians have the freedom to shape their own futures,” says Woodrum.
On Wednesday, June 18, Governor McMaster signed a bill he says will significantly improve the state’s ability to generate and deliver the power needed to keep pace with the state’s rapid economic growth and rising population.
Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order Tuesday, June 17, to speed up repairs on the I-20 overpass bridge that collapsed over the weekend.
South Carolina inmate Stephen Stanko is set to die by lethal injection Friday evening, June 13th, at 6 p.m.
