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The vote came as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers debating laws to sharply limit abortion in North and South Carolina, two of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access.

“If you live in Columbia, you are aware of the parking issues on Devine Street,” state Rep. Seth Rose said.

A legal dispute between warring members of the S.C. House of Representatives involves allowing a group of lawmakers to be a caucus that can raise big money and influence elections.

Highlights include musical performances by the Many Everythings and OMNI Percussion Ensemble, cosplay costume design and construction, face painting and special effects makeup and more.

After the state supreme court struck down an abortion ban, legislators chose a man to replace its only female justice.

This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. When attorneys arrived for oral arguments in South…

When South Carolina’s only female Supreme Court justice retired after helping strike down an abortion ban, the largely male legislature rallied behind the lone male candidate to replace her.

A new report shows women are drastically underrepresented in elected offices even though they make up a majority of the state’s population.

The South Carolina General Assembly is considering a a bill that would require state officials to refer to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when assessing complaints of antisemitism. The bill, H 4042, was authored and proposed by Rep. Beth Bernstein (D), the only Jewish legislator in the state, as part of

According to the FBI, more than half of all hate crimes related to religion across the country are perpetrated against Jews, who only make up 2% of all Americans.