ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is pledging additional support for refugees fleeing Syria’s long civil war. Nikki Haley visited a refugee camp in Jordan on Sunday, meeting refugees and those who help shelter the 5 million-plus Syrians who have left their country. Haley’s assurances come even though President Donald Trump has vowed…
Despite the threat of a lawsuit, the Berkeley County school board is moving to reinstate saying the Lord’s Prayer before its meetings.
Gov. Nikki Haley has tapped a Columbia attorney specializing in employment law as the new head of the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
South Carolina’s top state House Democrat is doubling down on his call for top elected Republicans to withdraw their support of GOP nominee Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered her Cabinet agencies to audit employees’ use of taxpayer-funded phones, computers and vehicles. The executive order requires the agencies to complete their inventory and report any potential savings by Dec. 31. It specifies the review must include cellphones, landline phones, desktop printers, laptops and state vehicles. Asked whether there…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has decided to attend the Republican National Convention in Ohio next month. Spokesman Rob Godfrey said Tuesday that Haley will attend alongside South Carolina’s delegation. But, unlike in 2012, she has no plans to address the convention. The Republican governor has been very vocal in her criticism of Donald Trump. But…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A new law bars South Carolina’s law enforcement agencies from setting ticket quotas for officers. Gov. Nikki Haley signed the ban into law Thursday. Its sponsor, Democratic Rep. Justin Bamberg, has said quotas pressure officers to stop people for minor offenses. He thinks the law will help repair officers’ frayed relationships with residents. Bamberg also represents…
Matt Perron COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has struck $41 million worth of spending from the Legislature’s $7.5 billion budget. Haley’s 51 vetoes announced Thursday include nearly $9 million of what she calls “old-fashioned pork,” such as $3 million for sports marketing and $100,000 for a Richland County swimming pool. Fifteen vetoes strike no money. She vetoed…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that would jump-start improvements to South Carolina’s deteriorating roads through borrowing. The Legislature’s approval last week of the compromise followed nearly two years of senators blocking any proposal that increased the state’s 16-cents-per-gallon gas tax. The bill allows for $2.2 billion in borrowing over 10 years for infrastructure, funded…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley is ceremoniously signing a law that bans most abortions in South Carolina at 20 weeks beyond fertilization. Supporters are celebrating the law Wednesday at a Christian school in Greenville County that caters to children with disabilities. The law took effect with the governor’s signature two weeks ago. The ban’s only exceptions are if…
