As President Biden revealed new rules regarding Title IX protections in April of 2024, which redefined “sex” to include “gender-identity,” an analysis by Palmetto State News shows that South Carolina is one of 25 states that ban boys from playing in girls’ high school sports.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has filed an emergency application with the United States Supreme Court to halt the SAVE student loan repayment plan. "The Supreme Court already ruled in another case that the Biden administration doesn’t have the authority to waive hundreds of billions of student loan repayments," said Attorney General Wilson. "But President Biden is trying to go around that and do it anyway. This is classic grandstanding by the President of the United States. It would mean all taxpayers will be saddled with paying off billions of dollars of these...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Nathaniel Scott Raasch, 26, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Mount Pleasant Police Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Charleston County Sheriff's Office, all members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.
Governor Henry McMaster announced line item vetoes for the FY 2024-2025 state budget at a Statehouse news conference. The budget includes 292 proposals from the governor's executive budget, an increase of more than 126 from two years ago, totaling $2.4 billion. These proposals encompass an income tax cut, teacher and law enforcement pay raises, a college tuition freeze, and investments in bridges and workforce development through SC Nexus and South Carolina Workforce Industry Needs Scholarships.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today applauded the announcement that South Carolina will receive $45 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA)’s Tech Hubs Program. Graham led the entire South Carolina delegation in writing a letter of support for the funding request. The official request was submitted by the South Carolina Department of Commerce.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The working group established by Governor Henry McMaster this spring to investigate the existence of $1.8 billion in state funds has prepared the necessary documentation and information for a forensic accounting review to commence in the new fiscal year.
South Carolina received $3.4 million in public pension contributions, ranking it 23rd in the United States in 2022, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
As of June 2024, South Carolina experienced a 21.4% increase in prices of goods and services since January 2021, compared to the nationwide trend of a 20.1% increase.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have outlined their schedules for the week of July 1, 2024.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States.
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Javon Sequa Marshall, 27, of Taylors, S.C., on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office, also a member of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christa Porter Bennett, 51, of Easley, S.C., on charges related to the exploitation of a vulnerable adult and breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Bennett was taken into custody at the Greenville County Detention Center on June 28, 2024.