Report offers bold higher education vision for S.C.
A new report by top state policy and business leaders says South Carolina has a lot of higher education work to do to meet future workforce needs and economic success. The “Competing Through...
View ArticleBreak for the House, not for the Senate
The House will be on Easter recess for the next two weeks. Meanwhile, the Senate will continue committee work on the state budget and carry on with other business.
View ArticleFrom medical marijuana to feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos
State lawmakers introduced 90 new bills, many of which were congratulatory in nature. In the mix: medical marijuana, feral hogs, voter registration, nuclear waste and animal tattoos.
View ArticleHouse, Senate to be on recess
The House will be on the second week of a two-week recess next week while the Senate will take its week off next week too.
View ArticleLight week for the hopper
With the House out of session over the last week, the legislative load on the floor of the Senate was lighter as lawmakers continued to analyze the state budget at the committee level.
View ArticleBRIEF: Sutton resigns from CHE Friday
The S.C. Commission on Higher Education announced today (Friday) that it has accepted the resignation of its executive director, Dr. Richard Sutton.
View ArticleHouse passage of anti-violence bill may spark confrontation
The S.C. House on Tuesday passed what’s being called a “watered down” version of domestic violence reform -- a move that may set up a confrontation with the state Senate.
View ArticleSCORECARD: Leadership and “leadership”
A look at real leadership versus the kind of leadership that is wrong for South Carolina.
View ArticleTALLY SHEET: Abortion, food stamps, STEM
The latest bills introduced in the S.C. Senate and House.
View ArticleBRIEFS: News resource, agency appointment, Clemson’s jet
There's a new 2016 primary news resource for South Carolina; Obama Administration nominates Kit Matthew to head library and museum support agency; Clemson's new jet for sports.
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: Lawmakers send budget to governor
Staff reports | South Carolina is not going to run out of money before July 1, thanks to a continuing funding resolution passed this week that will keep the government open. But also this week, state...
View ArticleBRIEFS: Six running for Pinckney’s seat
News briefs on six candidates running for the seat of the late Sen. Clementa Pinckney; Duke Energy helps Riley Institute.
View ArticleBRIEFS: Pinckney family announces foundation
The family of the late state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims of the Charleston church shooting on June 17, on Thursday established a charitable foundation to continue his work on what would...
View ArticlePalmetto progressives form a new caucus
The S.C. Progressive Legislative Caucus, formed over the summer by S.C. Rep. Gilda Cobb Hunter, D-Orangeburg, and six House colleagues, got notification Friday that it is a nonprofit in good standing...
View ArticleBRIEF: Dems to hold town hall before Nov. 6 presidential forum
Staff reports | With Democrats selling out of tickets in just five minutes to a Nov. 6 presidential forum at Winthrop University, they’ve come up another way for people to be heard: a town hall meeting...
View ArticleBRIEFS: State’s high pre-term birth rate, Freudian slip?
Staff reports | South Carolina received a grade a “D” for its 10.8 percent rate of preterm births last year, according to the new 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. The organization wants...
View ArticleBRIEF: Tip of the hat to a past campaign
Former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings’ 1992 reelection campaign against former GOP Rep. Tommy Hartnett was a bruiser, with Hollings narrowly winning by a couple of percentage points.
View ArticleBRIEF: New civil rights center at USC
The University of South Carolina had two big, related announcements this week: Creation of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the Hollings Special Collections Library, and News that...
View ArticleTALLY SHEET: 180 new bills prefiled
Staff reports | House members and senators prefiled more than 180 new bills on Wednesday and Thursday on topics ranging from refugees and judicial selection to term limits and shorter legislative...
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