Governor Henry McMaster will speak at the Richland County Republican Party Convention Friday night. This comes as former U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham announced he’s running for governor. He will face activist Gary Votour in the Democratic Primary. The winner of that race will challenge Governor Henry McMaster in November.
At the Statehouse, the South Carolina Senate has approved the state’s roughly $10 billion budget for the next fiscal year. It includes a 2% raise for all state employees and a $1,000 raise for teachers.
At the Governor’s Mansion Wednesday, Darlington Raceway officials announced two NASCAR race weekends this year.
The South Carolina House is sending a bill preventing people with COVID-19 from suing businesses and other groups to the governor’s desk. The proposal protects businesses as long as they follow guidelines to protect people from the virus.
With the stroke of a pen, Governor Henry McMaster signed a new education bill into law at the Statehouse Thursday. The bill requires all public school districts in South Carolina to offer in-person learning, five days per week by Monday April 26.
This Earth Day, the South Carolina Floodwater Commission is planting at least three million tree seeds across the state, as part of it’s Power Plant S.C. project. The project kicked off at the governor’s mansion Thursday morning.
Wednesday, Governor Henry McMaster announced that $12 million of the GEER Fund will go to the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. The governor says the funds will be used to help expand the juvenile delinquency prevention programs.
South Carolina’s governor is pushing state House members to approve a bill preventing lawsuits against businesses and other groups by people who contract COVID-19 as long as federal and state health guidelines were being followed.
One organization is looking to plant at least three million tree seeds across South Carolina on Earth Day. The South Carolina Floodwater Commission will kick off the POWERPLANTSC project at Governor Henry McMaster’s mansion this Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Officials say it will be the largest single-day tree planting event in U.S. history.
South Carolina veterans looking for a job have a new opportunity to find work. Monday afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster announced the Veterans Virtual Career Fair is scheduled to run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 4.
