SC Legislature

Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to know when lawmakers are in Columbia. They'll post news, important schedules, photos/videos and behind-the-scenes interviews with policymakers.

The chair of the S.C. Senate Education Committee on Dec. 10, 2024, proposed the state spend lottery dollars in the budget on private school tuition scholarships to get around the Constitution's prohibition on spending taxpayer dollars on private education costs.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 7, 2024: a look at what lawmakers did when they returned to Columbia, briefly, this week, ahead of the start of the legislative session on Jan. 14.

J.D. Chaplin will assume the seat held by state Sen. Gerald Malloy in the next state legislature. Chaplin's victory in a tight race flips a long-held Democratic seat.

“S” is for Sheheen, Robert Joseph (b. 1943). Lawyer, legislator.

“S” is for Sheheen, Robert Joseph (b. 1943). Lawyer, legislator.

Politics further divide as Americans self-segregate to red and blue states based on legislation and personal beliefs.

An estimated 3,700 transgender youth, ages 13 to 17, live in South Carolina.

The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now all booted all the "Sister Senators" from their party out of office.

The South Carolina General Assembly met for what is expected to be the final day of the 2024 session Wednesday, taking up a flurry of bills and giving several lawmakers a chance to say goodbye.