ONE-ON-ONE: Former SC senator explains decision to withdraw election protest
After trailing 287 votes after Election Night, Malloy only lost by 87 votes according to a recount conducted by the state election commission.
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Your Voice, Your Vote: SC natives battle to replace Sen. McElveen in District 35
Both candidates claimed their party’s nomination after winning runoff elections in June.
SC lawmakers return to Columbia
The legislative session may have ended but South Carolina lawmakers are back in Columbia.
SC Senate approves bill to change the way lawmakers pick judges
South Carolina Senate approved a bill that would change the way judges are brought up for election before the general assembly.
South Carolina’s push to be next-to-last state with hate crimes law stalls again
Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law increasing penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation are running out of time to get what could be a decisive vote in the state Senate.
SC Senate passes 6-week abortion ban bill
The bill now heads to the governor’s desk, but there is expected to be another legal challenge.
Bill protecting identity of companies who supply lethal injection drugs passes SC Senate
A bill that protects the identities of pharmaceutical companies who supply drug used for capital punishment has now passed.
SC Senate passes ‘Catch & Release’ reform bill
The South Carolina Senate has voted unanimously passing H.B. 3532, a bond reform bill to make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail.
SC Senate OKs bill barring ‘foreign adversary’ land holdings
South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state, an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns.
South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state, an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns.
SC Senate discussing bill that allows firearm owners to openly carry without permit
The State Senate is taking up a bill allowing lawful firearm owners to carry handguns openly or concealed without a state permit.
The State Senate is taking up a bill allowing lawful firearm owners to carry handguns openly or concealed without a state permit.
