SC lawmakers and community leaders call for help in combatting gun violence
The representatives are asking for 1 percent of funding from the federal American Rescue Plan to go towards gun violence prevention.
The representatives are asking for 1 percent of funding from the federal American Rescue Plan to go towards gun violence prevention.
“I think it’s very clear that if we are not called back in, this is going to land in courts for them to make a decision,” said Rep. Russell Ott from St. Matthews. “All we’re simply saying is that’s not necessary.”
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford has been elected to another term representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Voters on Tuesday backed the 56-year-old Republican over Democrat Dmitri Cherny, whose platform includes colonizing the moon, Mars and beyond as a backup plan in case Earth is destroyed. First elected to Congress in 1994, Sanford pledged to serve no more…