COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she wishes Donald Trump communicated differently because bad things result from divisive rhetoric, as evidenced by last June’s massacre in Charleston. The Republican governor said Thursday that divisive speech motivated Dylann Roof to gun down nine black parishioners at historic Emanuel AME Church. Police have said the white 22-year-old charged…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (PRESS RELEASE) – Governor Nikki Haley began the Statewide Domestic Violence Summit today by announcing a new website aimed at providing information and resources to domestic violence survivors, loved ones, and offenders as well as to professional groups in the workplace. The Summit ended with the governor announcing Safe Place County Certifications as a challenge to counties to lead…
Beth Rousseau COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WOLO) _ The House has overridden Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill to send $40 million in aid to South Carolina farmers who lost their crops in last year’s massive floods. The 112-2 vote on Tuesday was a sharp rebuke to the Republican governor and well over the two-thirds margin needed. The bill now heads…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley is going to Washington to voice her concerns over the possible transfer of Guantanamo detainees to sites including South Carolina. Haley’s office says the governor is among those testifying Thursday before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee. The panel discussion is focused on implications for state and local communities if the Guantanamo Bay,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says it’s imperative that federal officials stop sending nuclear materials to South Carolina. In a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, Haley tells Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to stop or reroute a shipment of 331 kilograms of plutonium coming to the Savannah River Site from Japan. Tons of plutonium have accumulated over…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Governor Nikki Haley, Director Susan Alford of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, and foster parents and child advocates from across the state Wednesday announced DSS’ “Champions for Children” foster care recruitment campaign. The campaign aims to recruit approximately 1,500 new licensed foster care families across the state in order to provide stability and well-being…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says she’ll almost certainly sign a bill banning abortion past 19 weeks in South Carolina. The Republican governor said Tuesday that she “can’t imagine any scenario in which I wouldn’t sign it.” The bill could soon be on her desk. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a compromise the Senate passed…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is getting a look at conditions at the Department of Juvenile Justice amid reports of problems at the agency because of understaffing. Media outlets report that the governor made an unannounced three-hour visit to the agency in suburban Columbia on Tuesday. The House Legislative Oversight Committee sent a letter to Haley last week…
Governor Nikki Haley is suggesting that Kelvin Washington and Donald Myers step down following their drunken driving arrests.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — On Wednesday, the filibuster on the bill to fix crumbling roads in South Carolina continued inside the Senate chamber. Several lawmakers are stalling the bill because of the 12 cents gas tax included in the bill, citing the state has new recurring money to fund fixing the states roads and bridges. “We take what we…
