SC State Wire

(The Center Square) – West Virginia and Indiana are leading a group of 25 states asking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to declare the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule on coal, natural gas and oil power plants to be declared unlawful.

(The Center Square) — The South Carolina House passed a bill to reform the state's Judicial Merit Selection Commission, changes that stem from the Ad Hoc Committee to Examine the Judicial Selection and Retention Process House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, assembled.

(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime while protesting on U.S. college campuses.

The No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act was filed by U.S.... Read more

(The Center Square) – A coalition of 23 attorneys general led by Utah and South Carolina have called on Congress to permanently defund a United Nations agency after learning of its ties to the terrorist organization Hamas.

In a... Read more

(The Center Square) — The South Carolina Senate passed a measure to exempt feminine care products from the state's sales tax, a move that could cost the state and local governments millions in tax revenue.

The Senate voted unanimously... Read more

(The Center Square) — A pair of South Carolina policy groups want the State Ethics Commission to probe whether the more than $1.2 billion Scout Motors deal violated state law because the company didn’t register as a lobbyist.

The... Read more

(The Center Square) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a measure that aims to help landowners use voluntary conservation easements to preserve working agricultural lands.

H. 3951, the Working Agricultural Lands Preservation Act, creates the Working... Read more

(The Center Square) — South Carolina state officials are determining how to proceed with a $1.8 billion balance discovered in a state account and Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has given leaders a July 1 deadline to chart a course forward.

(The Center Square) — South Carolina senators will soon consider a fiscal 2024-25 budget for the state, a plan that includes nearly $100 million to speed up a personal income tax reduction.

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee gave... Read more

(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 25 states are suing to block a Biden administration emissions rule imposed on vehicle manufacturers.

Led by Kentucky, the 25 states petitioned the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of... Read more

(The Center Square) – A coalition of 15 Republican attorneys general want Bank of America to correct what the law officers are calling “debanking practices.”

In a letter sent this week to Bank of America Chairman and... Read more

(The Center Square) — South Carolina is among the states where employers struggle the most to hire, according to a new study.

The analysis from WalletHub, a personal finance site, found the Palmetto State ranked third behind... Read more

(The Center Square) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joined five other governors in opposing the United Auto Workers’ unionization campaign with a vote this week of Chattanooga Volkswagen autoworkers on whether to unionize.

Lee is joined by Alabama Gov.... Read more

(The Center Square) — The federal government has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a three-county planning council in the Charleston area to study transit-oriented development tied to a bus rapid transit line slated to open in five years.

(The Center Square) – A coalition of Republican attorneys general has launched an investigation into MSCI, a New York-based investment company managing roughly more than $5 billion in assets, after allegations surfaced of its boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) policies against Israel.

(The Center Square) — While the discussion continues following the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, several opportunities to improve operations and processes have emerged.

Officials at Georgia's and South Carolina's ports have vowed to help... Read more

(The Center Square) – Requiring publicly traded companies to make climate-related disclosures has voluntarily been put on hold by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The SEC's move came before a decision was reached by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court... Read more

(The Center Square) — The South Carolina Senate did not pass a measure aimed at stemming lawsuit abuse, likely killing the push for the legislative session.

Senate Bill 533, the South Carolina Justice Act, would have amended... Read more

(The Center Square) — Georgia and South Carolina port officials say they are willing to help their counterparts in Baltimore until their port resumes normal service after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

"Customers are still evaluating... Read more

(The Center Square) — When Tom Drummond looks at the 1895 eighth-grade final exam from Selina, Kansas, he wonders how many people today could pass it.

"I don't believe there are very many college professors today who could pass... Read more