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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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State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, introduced a resolution that directs the state treasurer to freeze $1.8 billion sitting in a state account until lawmakers can sort the money out.
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legislators announced bills they have filed in light of the Alabama ruling.
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After being approved by the Senate in 2022, the leadership in the House allowed the measure to die on a procedural ruling without any debate or official votes.
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The bill seeks to limit how certain short-term lenders can solicit new and maintain existing borrowers.
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Dozens of open judgeships in South Carolina will go unfilled indefinitely amid an unresolved debate over the state’s selection process.
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During a press conference on Tues. morning, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson praised the filing of multiple bills targeting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and has urged a quick passing.
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State Senate Bill 910 zeroes in on how installment lenders get and maintain their customers. Former lenders say its a lot of pressure.
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If the bill becomes law, it would see the state departments of Mental Health, Disability and Special Needs, Health and Human Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, and the Office on Aging consolidate with DHEC’s Division of Public Health.
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As State Senate Bill 910, aimed at protecting financially vulnerable people from predatory lending, courses through subcommittee, lawmakers crank up their scrutiny of the short-term lending industry with tough questions.