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News

Six out of the seven candidates where present including State Representative Kambrell Garvin,...

SC District 19 candidates meet voters at community meeting.

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:04 AM EDT
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By Jalen Tart
On Thursday, seven candidates campaigning for the vacant District 19 senate seat met and discussed with voters their campaign platforms.

News

Former South Carolina Rep. David Mack III has died at age 69.

Former Lowcountry lawmaker David Mack III dies

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:39 PM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips
The man who served Charleston and Dorchester Counties for nearly a quarter-century in the State House has died.

State News

How SC sheriffs will handle reporting requirement in abortion ban

South Carolina obtains drugs to carry out lethal injections

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM EDT
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By Tiffany Tran-Ozuna
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) obtained drugs to carry out executions by lethal injection, the department informed the state Supreme Court alongside Gov. Henry McMaster.

Midlands News

A map shows the locations of current and new telehealth carts across South Carolina.

New partnership to help more S.C. seniors access healthcare in rural, underserved communities

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 6:56 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
A new partnership could help thousands of seniors across South Carolina access healthcare.

State Politics

How SC sheriffs will handle reporting requirement in abortion ban

How S.C. sheriffs will handle reporting requirement in abortion ban

Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 6:04 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
While most abortions in South Carolina are now prohibited after six weeks, the state’s law does allow for exceptions for rape and incest survivors up to 12 weeks into their pregnancies.

Decision 2024

Tim Scott to host policy roundtable in Spartanburg

Tim Scott to host policy roundtable in Spartanburg

Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 8:26 AM EDT
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By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero
Presidential hopeful and South Carolina senator Tim Scott will host a policy roundtable in Spartanburg.

State Politics

Abortion providers file new lawsuit challenging SC’s ‘fetal heartbeat law’

Abortion providers file new lawsuit challenging S.C.’s ‘fetal heartbeat law’

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina’s restrictive ban on abortion has been hit with another legal challenge from abortion providers.

State Politics

Gov. Henry McMaster speaks about South Carolina’s Workforce Scholarships for the Future program...

Governor touts success of technical college scholarship program, helping 32K-plus students

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 10:38 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
More than two years ago, Gov. Henry McMaster allocated a portion of COVID relief money from the federal government toward training South Carolinians for high-demand jobs.

State News

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, July 7, 2023, in Council Bluffs,...

Trump set to make stop in Summerville later this month

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips
Former President Donald Trump will visit the Summerville area in less than two weeks.

State Politics

A committee whose members include lawmakers and school district leaders is currently taking a...

Could every student get free meals at S.C. schools? Panel considers benefits, costs

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:50 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Could South Carolina become the first state in the southeast to guarantee every student eats for free at school?
Local Radar
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State Politics

Lawmakers looking to fix ‘lopsidedness’ in SC high school sports

Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Many South Carolinians with an interest in high school sports believe the playing field isn’t fair right now, especially when some of the state’s public charter schools are competing.

State Politics

Committee hears ideas on how to help SC children, invites more input

Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 5:11 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolinians are bringing their ideas for how to make the state better for its children directly to the people with the power to enact change, who are hoping to gain more input in the coming weeks.

State Politics

S.C. leaders lay out plan for helping state’s nearly 400K veterans over next year

Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 5:28 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
About one in 10 adults living in South Carolina has served the country through military service.

State Politics

SC election officials encouraging voter registration now

Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:54 AM EDT
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By Madeline Jaskowiak
The South Carolina State Election Commission is urging those who are eligible to vote but have not yet registered to do so during National Voter Registration Month.

Decision 2024

Tameika Devine announces run for District 19 senate seat previously held by Sen. John Scott

Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 3:06 PM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers
Former Columbia city councilmember and mayoral candidate for the City of Columbia has announced she started her campaign for Sen. John Scott’s senate seat.

State Politics

South Carolina’s price gouging law in effect

Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 11:22 AM EDT
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By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Tuesday that the state’s law against price gouging is now in effect.

State Politics

SC atty. gen. praises Supreme Court decision to not rehear Fetal Heartbeat case

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 4:12 PM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina’s attorney general responded Tuesday afternoon to the state Supreme Court’s denial of a petition to rehear the latest case involving the state’s so-called Fetal Heartbeat Law.

State Politics

DeSantis cancels SC campaign travel, returns to Florida facing tropical storm and shooting aftermath

Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 12:33 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis canceled a day of presidential campaign appearances to deal with crises at home as his state mourns a racist fatal shooting in Jacksonville and prepares for a tropical storm.

Decision 2024

Rep. Kambrell Garvin announces run for senate seat previously held by late Senator John Scott

Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 9:32 AM EDT
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By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero
State Representative Kambrell Garvin (D-Richland) announced Monday he will be running for South Carolina Senate District 19.

State Politics

State agency-led group figuring out how to keep up with SC’s rising energy demands

Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Leaders in South Carolina’s energy sector say the state’s power capacity must expand.

2024 Presidential Candidates

Poll shows Donald Trump maintains big lead in South Carolina, Scott in virtual tie with DeSantis for second

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 1:40 PM EDT
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By WIS News 10 Staff
According to a poll by the Trafalgar Group, former President Donald Trump maintains a big lead in South Carolina against other GOP candidates.

State Politics

SC Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 10:16 AM EDT
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By Tiffany Tran-Ozuna, Mary Green, Jordyn Markhoff and Jordyn Markhoff
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s 6-week abortion ban.

News

SC Senate announces special election for John Scott’s seat

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:19 PM EDT
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By Maggie Brown
A special election was announced on Tuesday to fill the seat of former Richland County Senator John Scott, who died on this month at 69.

2024 Presidential Candidates

Sen. Tim Scott hosts Lexington town hall ahead of 12th annual Faith & Freedom BBQ

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 1:04 PM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers
2024 presidential hopeful, Senator Tim Scott will be campaigning in the Palmetto State ahead of his appearance at Jeff Dunca’s 12th annual Faith & Freedom BBQ.

State Politics

New S.C. law criminalizing sexual extortion named in honor of legislator’s late son

Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
A father’s pride was on full display Friday at the Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, as state Rep. Brandon Guffey, R – York, guided Gov. Henry McMaster through a roomful of art bearing the signature of his son, Gavin.

Midlands News

Governor McMaster orders flags to be lowered in honor of Senator John L. Scott, Jr.

Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 7:36 PM EDT
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By Tiffany Rigby
Governor Henry McMaster has ordered flags on top of the State House to be lowered in memory of Senator John L. Scott, Jr.

State News

S.C. Governor recognizes Ukraine’s Independence Day

Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 1:11 PM EDT
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By FOX Carolina News Staff
South Carolina is the largest Ukrainian population per capita in the United States.

State Politics

‘That’s crazy stuff’: Graham says he didn’t flip on Trump in Georgia election investigation

Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 10:31 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he was not indicted in the same Georgia investigation in which former President Donald Trump was charged earlier this week because he did not do anything wrong.

State Politics

Paid family leave now guaranteed for all S.C. public school teachers, staff

Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 6:52 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
outh Carolina is now doing what just a handful of other states across the nation have done: guaranteeing every public school teacher will get at least six weeks of paid leave when they welcome a child.

State Politics

New law helps children of active-duty military enroll in S.C. schools

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 9:56 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
The new school year brings with it so much change: new supplies, new teachers, and maybe even new bus routes.

Decision 2024

Columbia City Council passes paraphernalia ordinance but reassures businesses

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 7:33 PM EDT
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By Chris Joseph
The Columbia City Council passed a sweeping ordinance that outlaws an expansive list of products in the city - if they’re found in connection to illegal drugs.

News

Lawmakers remember Senator John L. Scott

Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
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By Ashley Jones
State lawmakers are remembering the life and legacy of the late South Carolina State Lawmaker John L. Scott JR.

National

State senator John Scott dies at the age of 69

Updated: Aug. 13, 2023 at 2:27 PM EDT
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By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero, Ashley Jones, Nick Neville and Judi Gatson
South Carolina Senator John L. Scott, Jr., has died at the age of 69.

Political

Richland County judge wins rare legal battle with lawmakers who put him on the bench

Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 10:16 PM EDT
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By Nick Neville
A Richland County judge has emerged victorious from a rare legal battle with a group of lawmakers who put him on the bench.

State Politics

SC governor signs First Steps bill at State House

Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 6:29 PM EDT
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By Patrick Phillips and Mary Green
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing of a bill that permanently reauthorizes South Carolina’s First Steps program at the State House Thursday

State Politics

‘We want the wrongdoer to pay for it’: S.C. attorney general sues over toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:23 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina’s top prosecutor is calling for the companies he claims are responsible for polluting the state’s drinking water and natural resources with toxic chemicals to be held accountable.

State Politics

S.C. schools can now have supply of overdose-reversal drugs under new law

Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
The new school year means new students, new teachers, and now, for South Carolina schools, a new tool in their first-aid kits that could save lives.

State Politics

S.C. districts awarded grants to improve healthy meal access in small, rural schools

Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 8:37 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
Federal data shows about 30 million kids across the country eat a school meal every day, and for many of them, this is the healthiest and only hot meal they get daily.

State Politics

New S.C. law will require athletic trainers be licensed

Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 7:26 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
In recent months, there have been some scary moments with medical emergencies at sporting events, like when Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a game in January.

State Politics

What Trump’s top rivals, allies in S.C. say about his indictment ahead of Columbia visit

Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 6:54 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
In just two days, the focus of the political world will be on South Carolina, where former President Donald Trump will make his first visit to an early-voting state following his third indictment in four months.

State Politics

McMaster signs fentanyl trafficking bill into law

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
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By Mary Green and Patrick Phillips
Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that adds fentanyl-related substances to the list of controlled substances and creates a felony offense for trafficking it.

State Politics

Gov. McMaster holds signing for bill criminalizing trafficking fentanyl

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 8:42 AM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster holds a ceremony for the signing of the state’s new law that criminalizes trafficking fentanyl.

2024 Presidential Candidates

Donald Trump to speak at South Carolina Republican Party’s Silver Elephant Dinner

Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 11:58 AM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers
Former President Donald J. Trump will be in South Carolina to speak at a South Carolina Republican party dinner.

2024 Presidential Candidates

DeSantis will headline a barbecue billed as South Carolina Republicans’ largest annual gathering

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 1:36 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to headline next month a barbecue billed as South Carolina’s largest annual gathering of Republicans.

State Politics

Gov. McMaster signs new boating safety regulations bill

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers and Mary Green
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will sign a new boating safety regulation bill to make waters safer for all.

Back-to-School

New S.C. law lets students bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note

Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:45 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
For the first time, starting this upcoming school year, South Carolina families will be able to send their kids to school with sunscreen without also needing a doctor’s note.

State Politics

New S.C. law allows beer fans to take home more of their favorite craft brew

Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 5:39 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolinians can now take home more of their favorite craft beer on their next trip to the brewery.

State Politics

Richland County Councilman vows to defer controversial rezoning vote

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 8:48 PM EDT
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By Chris Joseph
The councilman at the heart of a controversial rezoning vote confirmed to WIS he plans to delay it.

State Politics

‘It will continue to happen’: McMaster vows to keep pressing for tougher illegal gun penalties

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 6:19 PM EDT
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By Mary Green
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is putting out a warning to state lawmakers: He cautions dangerous consequences could follow if they fail to enact stronger penalties on people who illegally possess guns.

Politics

Kershaw County Republican Executive Committee censured S.C. Senator Penry Gustafson

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 10:53 AM EDT
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By Marcus Flowers
The Kershaw County Republican Party Executive Committee has censured Senator Penry Gustafson.
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