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Lawmakers are considering a massive bill related to energy infrastructure in South Carolina. But some people are sounding an alarm.

As head of the GOP, Trump has an obligation to ensure the candidates he's backing in primaries will advance conservative priorities.

Dominion, Santee Cooper propose joint plant in Canadys. Senate bill reduces state, local tax breaks for electricity hogs that demand more generating capacity.

The renegade Freedom Caucus and candidates backing Speaker Murrell Smith are going head to head across the state in SC Statehouse primaries to be held June 11.

Consolidating DHEC, Mental Health, Disabilities, Special Needs, Aging will improve health services, will die without House votes before session ends Thursday.

Kevin Fisher calls out SC House Speaker Murrell Smith for the simply cowardly way hes gone about handling the medical marijuana bill, which is now dead.

House lawmakers, bent on passing a massive energy bill, recently deployed a little-known tactic that, on its face, is in conflict with the South Carolina Constitution.

With just two weeks left in this year’s legislative session, state lawmakers are under increasing pressure to get last-minute bills passed.

COLUMBIA — A bill that would let charter schools give enrollment preference to children from military families advanced to the Senate floor Wednesday. The full Senate Education Committee advanced the bill unanimously despite concerns from senators that it would prioritize students who just moved to the state — due to a parent’s new duty station […] The post Bill lets SC charter schools prioritize military children appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.