SC for Ed to host vigil honoring students and school staff who died due to COVID-19
SC for Ed is hosting a vigil at the State House tomorrow to honor all school district staff and students who have died as a result of COVID-19.
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South Carolina Senate cancels next month’s special session
By Jeffrey Collins
South Carolina Senate President Harvey Peeler sent a letter Friday to senators canceling the special session set to begin Oct. 12. They were supposed to debate how to spend billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money and redistricting.
SC Senate sets criteria; asks for public redistricting maps
By Jeffrey Collins
Senators are asking the public to submit proposed maps on new districts in South Carolina based on the 2020 U.S. Census as a special House committee wraps up a series of public meetings on redistricting across the state. Lawmakers are using the Census data to draw maps for the 46 state Senate districts, 124 state House districts and seven U.S. House districts.
SC Senators plan to return to State House for special session on Federal spending
AP: SC Senators to return to Statehouse next month for special session on spending federal COVID-19 relief money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina senators plan to return to the Statehouse next month for a special session on spending federal COVID-19 relief money and redistricting. But one thing not on the agenda at the moment for the Oct. 12 session is any discussion of mask rules. Senate President Harvey Peeler wrote in a letter to senators he wants…
State House flags to fly at half staff for POW/MIA Recognition Day
Friday, the flags atop the State House will fly at half staff in observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day.
“House Music at the State House” kicked off in Columbia on Saturday
The fourth annual “House Music at the State House” took place Saturday.
SC senators hear rules on spending $2.5B in federal relief
By Jeffrey Collins
Just a little more than a month after figuring out how to spend $11 billion in this year’s state budget, South Carolina senators are starting to talk about how to spend $2.5 billion more of federal COVID-19 relief.
City officials provide update on their preparations leading to Inauguration Day
For the next several days there will be a stepped up law enforcement presence both inside and outside the State House, out of caution ahead of the inauguration.
SC Legislative Session begins: Live Update from the State House
ABC Columbia's Lindsey Goodwin has a live update on the first session of the year
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Tuesday, South Carolina Legislators kicked off the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session. ABC Columbia’s Lindsey Goodwin has an update on some issues at the top of the agenda this year. Lawmakers say there is some new ground to cover for legislators this year, regarding COVID-19 and addressing recent violence across the country, so South Carolinians…
Trump supporters gather at State House to protest election results
Dozens of Trump supporters gathered in front of the State House today, just hours before the electoral college was set to be certified, confirming Joe Biden as the President-Elect.
