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Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. ...
As South Carolina governor signs new law, abortion restrictions strain providers in US South
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services for a region with already severely limited access. Stiff limitations enacted in South Carolina and pending in North...
South Carolina ready to renew abortion ban around 6 weeks of pregnancy after Senate vote
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Abortion will soon be severely restricted in one of the last bastions for legal access in the U.S. South. The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy — before most people know they are...
Execution secrecy and hospital regulations among South Carolina's flurry of new laws
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers finished their regular session in 2023 passing a flurry of bills that have kept Gov. Henry McMaster's right hand busy signing them into law. The new laws range from eliminating state permission for hospitals to expand to breaking up...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Times and Democrat. May 16, 2023. Editorial: Boating law overdue to boost safety Memorial Day weekend is approaching. More and more boaters are returning to South Carolina’s waters after the winter months. The waterways will become very busy – and dangerous. ...
New top accountant Brian Gaines named in South Carolina after $3.5B error
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has a new top accountant after a 20-year officeholder resigned amid pressure over a $3.5 billion reporting error. Brian Gaines will oversee a comptroller general's office that has received mounting scrutiny from lawmakers who want to dismantle...
South Carolina General Assembly to go into overtime on abortion, other issues
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Thursday was supposed to be the final day of the regular session for the South Carolina General Assembly. But debates over abortion, guns and bond reform along with the always slow to resolve discussions about the state budget appear to have the session going...
After years, South Carolina appears set for school vouchers
COLUMBIA, S..C. (AP) — The South Carolina House gave key approval to an education voucher bill Wednesday, likely clearing the way for up to 15,000 students to be able to use public money for private school tuition. The bill passed on a 79-35 vote with a few Republicans joining...
$13B budget quickly OK'd in harmonious South Carolina Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate unanimously approved its version of the state's $13 billion spending plan in an unusually short debate lacking the typical back-and-forth the upper chamber usually has over the budget. The plan raises the salary of nearly every state...
South Carolina gets closer to lethal injection secrecy
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After an unintended 12-year moratorium on the death penalty in South Carolina, the state House gave key approval Wednesday to allow the name of any company that sells lethal injection drugs to remain secret, as well as members of the execution team. A shield...
