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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina's state primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state lawmakers in South Carolina will go before voters on Tuesday in primary elections, where the latest skirmish in an ongoing feud involving a former Republican U.S. House Speaker will play out. Voters will decide nearly 90 contested primaries for...
South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The General Assembly, which picks almost all state judges, voted 152-0 to elevate Court of Appeals Judge Letitia Verdin to the high court Wednesday. The white woman will take the...
US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court's decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina. The ruling is a setback...
South Carolina's Supreme Court will soon have no Black justices
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades, South Carolina’s Supreme Court will be entirely white. Diversity on the bench is a big topic in a state where African Americans and Hispanics make up a third of the population. The General Assembly selects the...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Post and Courier. May 21, 2024. Editorial: SC Legislature can slow growth of electricity-guzzling data centers. It should. The central focus of the legislative debate over how to meet South Carolina’s growing electricity needs was a massive bill that was rushed...
Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. In dissent, liberal justices warned that the court...
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...
