In 2022, South Carolina had received $3.4 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Adam Taylor Cossette, 31, on five charges connected to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office made the arrest.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Heather Leigh Smith, a 44-year-old nurse from Mount Pleasant, on charges related to drug theft and exploitation of vulnerable adults. The arrest was made by the office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) in collaboration with the Bureau of Drug Control at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
ElringKlinger Group, an automotive supplier headquartered in Germany, has announced its decision to establish its first South Carolina operation in Pickens County. The $40.3 million investment is expected to create 115 new jobs.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Phyllis J. Daniels, a 36-year-old resident of Barnwell, S.C., on charges related to the exploitation of a vulnerable adult and financial transaction card fraud. The arrest was carried out by the Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have released their schedules for the week of June 23, 2024.
U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have introduced the Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act. The legislation aims to ensure congressional oversight of proposed changes to arms sales to Israel.
WASHINGTON — This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) voted in favor of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, which passed as part of the Fire Grants and Safety Act by a vote of 88-2 and will now head to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), along with U.S. Representatives Carlos Gimenez (R-Florida-28), Maria Salazar (R-Florida-27), and Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida-23), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution this week condemning the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
South Carolina is among 24 states that are members of a national voter data group accused of partisanship in its work to expand voter rolls and lacking in transparency, an analysis by the Palmetto State News found.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Trey Cameron Leonard, 22, of Sugar Hill, GA, on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office made the arrest.
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) introduced a bill to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and eight of their Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into the U.S.
U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution, along with 42 of their Senate colleagues, recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day.
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), James Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-South Dakota) have addressed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking the Department of Justice's stance on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) actions against Israel.
Sandvik Coromant, a tooling solutions supplier, announced an expansion of its operations in Oconee County with a $29.4 million investment aimed at improving its Westminster production facility.
Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced efforts to raise public awareness of crimes against vulnerable adults, including a name change for the unit that investigates and prosecutes these crimes. The announcement coincides with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15.