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After passing its new voting lines on Thursday, the South Carolina house changed its rules to pass a bill against the federal vaccine mandate.

Jun. 13—COLUMBIA, S.C. — Across the United States, state legislatures took up bills that targeted members of the LGBTQ community, including in South Carolina. From bills that would ban transgender girls from participating in women's sports to an effort to remove LGBTQ protections from the hate crimes bill, lawmakers in the Palmetto State filed and considered an unusually high volume of bills ...

One of South Carolina’s top Democratic lawmakers wants the state to use some of its COVID-19 relief money to offer $1 million prizes to people who get vaccinated for the disease, similar to a program in Ohio.

By MAAYAN SCHECHTER AND JOSEPH BUSTOS | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: May 14, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) — Gov. Henry McMaster praised Bob Caslen who resigned Wednesday night as president of the University of South Carolina, just days after he failed to attribute a quote to another author in his commencement speech and accidentally referred to the graduating class as the latest alumni from the "University of California." "I think that Gen. Caslen, President Caslen did a splendid job in the two years that he was here," McMaster told reporters during a press confer...

AP FILE - Construction is well underway for two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. on Monday, April 9, 2012. The South Carolina House is insisting the state continue to accept offers to sale Santee Cooper, meaning the fate of a bill to overhaul the state-owned utility will go down to the wire at this year's session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is insisting the state continue to accept offers to sell Santee Cooper, meaning the fate of a bill to overhaul the state-owned utility will go down to the wire at...