The new law allows fictive kin caregivers to receive support and resources from the state to help them, as well as access services, such as being able to obtain a copy of the child’s birth certificate.
Republicans had a majority of votes to pass the ban, but Republican Sen. Tom Davis threatened to filibuster and proponents of the ban were two votes short of the means of ending such a tactic.
The state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives gave the bill a third reading in a 67-35 vote to pass it Wednesday and send it to the Senate, where it now awaits debate.
On Tuesday evening, the House approved a ban on abortions with exceptions to save the life and health of the mother at any point and for pregnancies caused by rape and incest before 12 weeks.
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Thursday for a bill that provides state employees with paid family leave for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child.
Jacob Channel, senior economist with Student Loan Hero, said that while there is uncertainty about exactly how this could affect the economy, “it’s hard to overstate” the significance of the move.
The legislation allows mobile optometry clinics to visit Title 1 schools, offering free screenings and eye exams and fitting and providing students with glasses, with parental consent.
South Carolina’s governor called President Joe Biden’s plan to provide $10,000 in student debt cancellation for millions of Americans an example of the “liberal left’s ‘something for nothing’ entitlement culture.’”
Congress has until the end of September to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, or services could be disrupted.
The Labor Party’s governor nominee, Gary Votour says he is extremely disappointed in the ruling, and believes the South Carolina Democratic Party has interfered with his party’s affairs.
The South Carolina Supreme Court’s order Wednesday that blocks the enforcement of the state’s six-week ban on abortion, for now, has set off a ripple effect of actions and questions about what comes next.
“At this preliminary stage, we are unable to determine with finality the constitutionality of the Act under our state’s constitutional prohibition against unreasonable invasions of privacy,” the Court wrote in its order granting a preliminary injunction.
President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law Wednesday, considered the largest health care and benefit expansion in the history of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
The lawsuit asks for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina to declare an unlawful OSHA’s mandate in the 2022 annual adjustment that state civil penalties be at least as great as federal civil penalties.
Graham has challenged a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether Trump and others broke any laws when they tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia in 2020.
For years, many of these educators have been lamenting that they don’t receive a break during the day to plan lessons, grade assignments, or eat their lunch.
Last week, a judge transferred that lawsuit over to the South Carolina Supreme Court at the state’s request, and at this point, it is up to that court to decide if it will take up the case.
Joe Cunningham has chosen Tally Parham Casey, a civil litigator who flew fighter jets during three combat tours over Iraq, to be his running mate in his quest to become South Carolina’s first Democratic governor in 20 years.
South Carolina joined a 17-state coalition challenging the Biden administration’s proposed gun laws claiming it threatens the privacy of every gun owner.
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