Endorsements from top Democrats including President Barack Obama and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) were not enough to secure a victory for the Democrat mayoral candidate in Columbia, South Carolina. Republican Daniel Rickenmann defeated Democrat Tameika Isaac Devine during Tuesday night’s mayoral election in Columbia by 4 percentage points. Richland County, where Columbia is located, saw … Continued
South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order Thursday to ensure that state agencies not only abstain from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their own employees, but also cooperate with efforts to legally resist federal mandates. Executive Order 2021-38 “prohibits all state agencies in his cabinet from requiring employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” … Continued
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott joined “Life, Liberty & Levin” on Sunday to analyze the state of Congress, criticizing Democratic majority leadership for locking out Republicans from negotiations on the multi-trillion-dollar socioeconomic overhaul legislation dubbed human infrastructure. Scott told host Mark Levin that Democrats did not receive a proverbial mandate from voters in 2020 … Continued
In this episode of Star Parker’s Power, Poverty, & Politics podcast, she interviewed former Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley. Haley, who gave a speech at CURE’s annual policy summit shortly after the podcast, discussed her early life in the state, the church shooting in Charleston, and removing the Confederate flag … Continued
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is set to introduce new legislation aimed at stopping enablers of international corruption in response to the findings highlighted in the Pandora Papers investigation. The Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act would make it harder for “kleptocrats” across the globe to launder money in the United States, according … Continued
Effective August 15, South Carolina residents who have concealed carry permits may openly carry their handguns. Governor Henry McMaster signed the bill into law in May but held a ceremonial signing on Friday. The new law also eliminates a $50 fee to obtain a concealed carry permit and lowers the number of bullets someone must … Continued
Republican lawmakers on Thursday introduced the Vaccine Passport and Voter ID Harmonization Act, legislation that would require states mandating vaccine passports to also mandate voter ID requirements. The Daily Caller News Foundation first obtained the text of the bill, introduced by Kevin Cramer of North Dakota in the Senate and Nancy Mace of South Carolina … Continued
Jonathan Lotz, the grandson of the late evangelist Billy Graham and son of author and evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, has officially been released from the hospital after battling a severe case of COVID-19. Late last month, Lotz was admitted to the intensive care unit in critical condition as he battled pneumonia and what was reportedly … Continued
A dozen Republican governors on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to eliminate federal protections for abortion and instead allow states to regulate abortion. Led by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the group argued in a legal filing that the court’s landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which established the constitutional right to abortion, and subsequent … Continued
Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, is not changing his stance on Democrats’ voting bill over threats that Democrats would diminish the Senate filibuster if Republicans do not relent to liberals’ agenda. The filibuster rule requiring 60 votes to pass bills has obstructed liberals’ policy agenda in a Senate divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked … Continued
Americans in the first quarter of 2021 continued their 2020 pattern of moving from expensive, densely populated areas to warmer, more tax-affordable states, according to a new study from Updater Technologies. Updater Technologies is an online platform that allows people to use a centralized hub for moving, including finding a moving company, connecting internet and … Continued
South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a bill into law allowing residents with concealed weapon permits to openly and visibly carry firearms in public. The “Open Carry with Training Act” that McMaster signed Monday also makes South Carolina a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State” and will go into effect in 90 days. “I will proudly support any … Continued
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