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The South Carolina Senate has given key approval to a bill that would change the way judges are brought up for election before the General Assembly.
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Teachers and state employees would see raises under a spending plan being debated by the South Carolina House this week.
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South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly. The House passed a compromise 86-33 on Tuesday. The Senate debated the proposal, but it did not immediately vote.
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Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law that increases penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation are running out of time.
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A civil rights group says a South Carolina prison policy banning inmates from speaking to reporters in person or having their writings directly published violates their First Amendment free speech rights.
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South Carolina House approves Sunday liquor sales, potentially lifting another religious restrictionThe South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open for a few hours on Sunday if their local governments allow it.
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Football coaches from South Carolina's three major school have joined together at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass a law allowing their schools to directly compensate their athletes.
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Lawyers for four death row inmates who are out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that the state’s old electric chair and new firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
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Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican dominationDemocrats in South Carolina may be holding the nation's first presidential primary. But the party is struggling inside the Southern state.
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A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court of tampering with a jury.