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Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker...
2024 South Carolina General Assembly session may be remembered for what didn't happen
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 2024 regular session of the South Carolina General Assembly ended Thursday and will perhaps be better remembered for the things that didn’t pass. South Carolina remains one of just two states along with Wyoming to not have a hate crimes bill. A proposal...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Post and Courier. May 7, 2024. Editorial: 3 days and 2 reforms that could transform 2024 SC legislative session With three days remaining, there’s still time for the S.C. Legislature to salvage something substantive from a 2024 session that’s on track to have...
South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At first glance, the all-male South Carolina Senate subcommittee deciding whether to approve a proposal to remove the sales tax from feminine hygiene products was a reminder that as recently as 2012 the state had no women in its Senate. But progress is being...
South Carolina Republicans reject 2018 Democratic governor nominee's bid to be judge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday took the rare move of rejecting the only remaining candidate in a race to be a circuit judge — the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor. James Smith's nomination became an issue in recent days....
Treasurer denies South Carolina Senate accusation he risked cyberattack in missing $1.8B case
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Days after a contentious public hearing with state senators, Treasurer Curtis Loftis nearly put South Carolina's entire financial system at risk of a cyberattack by saying he was going to post reams of account data online, according to a report released Tuesday. ...
Dawn Staley and her NCAA champion South Carolina Gamecocks celebrated with parade and rally
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley and her national championship Gamecocks celebrated with a jam-packed, downtown parade and rally at the Statehouse a week after completing their undefeated season. Staley and her players rode some seven...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Post and Courier. April 6, 2024. Editorial: Loftis’ performance should earn a spot on SC ballot — but not for reelection South Carolina’s elected state treasurer made quite a spectacle of himself on Tuesday, demonstrating far better than state senators ever...
South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision...
Delaware calls off Republican presidential primary after Haley removes name from ballot
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's Republican presidential primary is over before it even began. State lawmakers suspended the rules in the House and Senate on Tuesday to quickly pass legislation amending Delaware election law and allowing the scheduled April 2 primary to be called off....
