A bill that would have candidates for school board run as members of political parties in one South Carolina district has been rejected by a bipartisan group of House members.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler says he expects the Senate on Tuesday to discuss the plan to spend $1.7 billion in COVID-19 relief on rural water and sewer systems and rural broadband internet.
South Carolina remains one of only two states without a hate crimes law, and proponents worry that efforts in the Legislature are stalling to increase penalties for crimes committed against minorities and others victimized by prejudice.
Lawmakers in South Carolina are considering a bill to establish no-excuse early voting across the state. A House panel heard testimony Wednesday on the Republican-crafted measure that would also require people voting by mail to supply a government-issued identification number with their ballot application.
A House subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday that would create a three-year program to give $5,000 in tuition assistance to 5,000 students whose families are eligible for Medicaid or who have parents in the military.
The debate over whether to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina is extending into a third week in the state Senate starting Tuesday.
The South Carolina House has approved a bill that increases the penalties for passing a stopped school bus and requires all buses to have longer stop sign arms to extend across a lane of traffic. The proposal now heads to the Senate.
Republican leaders in the South Carolina House appear ready to tackle cutting income taxes in the state before this year’s General Assembly session ends in May.
The bill would require every school district in the state to offer some type of program to send children to a school outside their zoned areas. It also would allow children to go to a school in a different district.
House Democrats are urging the Senate to pass South Carolina’s hate crime bill. ABC Columbia’s Alex Tejada has the full story tonight at 6.
