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Rebate checks are in the mail; SC taxpayers get $50 each
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than a year after someone in South Carolina won an $878 million lottery jackpot, 1.2 million of the state's taxpayers are getting their own modest windfall from that lucky day. The South Carolina Revenue Department said Friday it began mailing out $50 rebate checks to state...
Moderates add exceptions to South Carolina abortion ban bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of moderate senators restored exceptions for rape and incest on Tuesday to a measure to ban nearly all abortions in South Carolina, sending the bill to the state Senate floor for a potential 2020 election year fight. The exceptions may be crucial for the bill to have any...
Mrs. Trump, Mrs. Pence survey military's emergency response
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Melania Trump and Karen Pence traveled to South Carolina on Wednesday to get briefings about some of the military's emergency preparedness and humanitarian efforts in a state where both are often needed because of active hurricane seasons. During a few hours in and around...
Exceptions out of South Carolina bill to ban most abortions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Senate subcommittee on Tuesday stripped protections for women who become pregnant from rape or incest from a bill that would outlaw abortions in that state after about six weeks of pregnancy. The State newspaper reports the Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee then...
Trump to join 2020 Democrats at South Carolina justice forum
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is visiting South Carolina as part of a bipartisan event on criminal justice reform, the White House confirmed Friday. Trump is slated to appear on Oct. 25 at a forum sponsored by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, the self-proclaimed "only nationwide...
Feds: SC prison cellphone jam test has 'promising results'
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials said Wednesday that they were encouraged by another test of a jamming technology that some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with smuggled cellphones, which officials have long said represent the top security threat within their institutions. The test...
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