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The House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance the Red Snapper Act.

Lawmakers discuss bills to move teachers to Phase 1A of vaccine rollout Lawmakers discuss bills to move teachers to Phase 1A of vaccine rollout By Emily Wakeman | February 16, 2021 at 9:26 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:03 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Tuesday, legislators discussed two bills that would move teachers and school staff into Phase 1A of the vaccine rollout. Last week the Senate unanimously passed a bill that would move teachers and staff up to receive the vaccine. The Hous...

Representative Todd Rutherford says his law office located on Park Street, was vandalized on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. minority leader, representative rutherford, congratulations, i know youve been working this day for a very long time. >> thank you so much, rachel. what a day, what an hour. at 10:00 its all over and i cant believe its here. >> can i just ask you how it feels to have finally happened? i know im interested in your analysis of how it happened and what happens next and what it means. how does it feel in this fight has been going on for decades in your state. >> it feels...

Children. when they go back and look in the history books and grieving fades, actions that everyone took in south carolina to get us to this moment is one that we can all be proud of. >> the emotions will fade but history will stand. south carolina governor nikki haley speaking in her office the signing ceremony for the bill that will take down the flag on the capital grounds. that flag will come down at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. minority leader, representative rutherford, congratulations, i ...

No one should ever drive by the statehouse and feel like they dont belong. you can look at the way south carolina responded to this tragedy. and you can all say that hopefully the emanuel nine are looking down and feeling proud today. >> representative rutherford, as we say, the report from nbcs craig melvin today on the scene, the governor seemed to have tears in her eyes watching this seemed genuinely moved to play a part in this. people have been impressed by the leadership shes shown in the ...

The fence and get 15 feet up, which i could reach. so from that point on, it was come down, maam, no, youre going to be arrested, okay. you know. >> so you went up, you were siting a psalm. >> they said you are under arrest. we were completely prepared going into an action like this, we talk through the possible legal ramifications for it. they hit us with the toughest charge they could and we were prepared for that possibility. >> representative rutherford, obviously this comes in the midst of ...

You know. >> so you went up, you were siting a psalm. >> they said you are under arrest. we were completely prepared going into an action like this, we talk through the possible legal ramifications for it. they hit us with the toughest charge they could and we were prepared for that possibility. >> representative rutherford, obviously this comes in the midst of this polarized debate and maybe not as polarized as you think. does this action, how does this action play out? does it make people say ...