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Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
18h ago
The South Carolina Republican Party met for its 2024 convention over the weekend. Spats between leadership and a hardline faction continued to rein ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
18h ago
A five-year effort to allow betting on horse racing in South Carolina is about to die in the SC Senate without a vote. The state's equine industry is frustrated ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
3d ago
President Joe Biden announced longtime South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a May 3 ceremony at the White House ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
3d ago
South Carolina House Republicans used an obscure procedural maneuver to circumvent their Senate colleagues after a sweeping energy reform bill they passed had stalled in the upper chamber. The stalemate could result in the death of several mental health reforms ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
5d ago
The South Carolina House of Representatives appears primed to kill a bill legalizing the medical use of cannabis for the second consecutive session. The question is — what happens now ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
1w ago
Almost every lawmaker in the South Carolina General Assembly has a job outside of the legislature. Sometimes, their votes can benefit their employers. In a part-time legislature, where do we draw a line ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
1w ago
The South Carolina Senate has approved its budget. The final vote came Wednesday after approving items like requiring school children use the bathrooms of their sex assigned at birth and whether universities can spend state money to move to another ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
2w ago
Chardale Murray, a former South Carolina state representative and the current mayor of Hollywood, is accused of using official town resources to endorse her brother, Democrat Charlie Murray Jr., in a hotly contested race for her former Statehouse seat ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
2w ago
South Carolina senators are advancing legislation requiring pornographic websites to verify users' age despite warnings from a staff attorney the bill could face First Amendment issues ..read more
Post and Courier » South Carolina Politics
2w ago
Hours before a vote to send the bill to the full Senate, multiple members of the body took to the floor to criticize the speed that sweeping reforms to the state's utilities industry are moving through the South Carolina legislature ..read more