Lawmakers move to deny $5 million for SC State convocation center
There is another effort to deny funding to South Carolina State University following the decision to remove Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette as commencement speaker.
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Map redistricting debate continues this week
Happening Tuesday, May 26, South Carolina senators are set to continue the debate on congressional redistricting.
SC House passes private school voucher bill
SC House lawmakers have passed a bill that allows parents to receive vouchers for private schools.
After years of resisting, South Carolina moves toward hands-free cellphones while driving
After eight years of trying to persuade his fellow lawmakers in the South Carolina House to require hands-free cellphone use while driving, a little pain might have helped Rep. Bill Taylor get his bill passed Wednesday.
SC House passes $14 billion budget
House members at the State House have approved the $14 billion spending plan for South Carolina.
South Carolina House Republicans fight with each other over the budget
At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week, but is wasn’t as easy as that makes it seem.
Freedom Caucus unsuccessfully challenges Speaker in South Carolina House race
The South Carolina House opened its newest session Tuesday with an unsuccessful long shot challenge of the Speaker that could be a preview of fighting among Republicans over which group truly deserves to identify as conservative.
SC lawmakers return to Columbia
The legislative session may have ended but South Carolina lawmakers are back in Columbia.
Rules fights and insults slow down South Carolina House on next-to-last day
The South Carolina House ground to a halt at times Wednesday on its next-to-the-last day as members fought over rules and traded thinly veiled insults.
SC Lawmakers debate tuition freeze
In the midst of the state budget, the topic of a tuition freeze for in-state college students came up again.
