COLUMBIA, SC ( WOLO ) – – A third reading of the roads bill is set for Thursday. After nearly a year of debate, the South Carolina Senate passed a road funding plan supported by Republicans Wednesday night. The 30-15 vote Wednesday afternoon doesn’t end the road debate. The Senate plan doesn’t raise gas taxes, while the plan passed by…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — Inside the Senate chamber, lawmakers continued to delay a vote on a bill to fix the state’s crumbling roads while on the first floor of the state house, several business organizations called on the Senate to take action. “You don’t need a sign to tell you are in South Carolina, the minute your tires hit…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Nearly 200 people have committed to an effort intended to make South Carolina’s Statehouse a healthier place. The South Carolina Hospital Association says that 185 people have pledged to participate in A Healthier Statehouse, including 113 legislators and former Govs. Jim Hodges and Dick Riley. Several constitutional officers and dozens of Statehouse staff and lobbyists are…
