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The State House Gavel: Senate OKs tort reform, House punts anti-DEI bill debate to next week
| March 27, 2025
Senators worked late Wednesday and gave key approval to tort reform legislation during Week 4 of the upper chamber's debate on S. 244.
2025 Atlantic hurricane season could be "volatile" this year
| March 26, 2025
The Atlantic hurricane season is still officially two months away but already one forecast is out, warning of a potentially volatile year in which storms could form early.
Spiritual adviser to man executed by firing squad: 'We're more than the worst thing we've done.'
Associated Press
| March 26, 2025
(RNS) — When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend's parents, it was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been carried out by a firing squad.
The State House Gavel: Senate report calls for treasurer's removal
| March 26, 2025
The South Carolina House will soon welcome a new member. Tuesday, voters in the North Charleston-area House District 113 elected Democrat Courtney Waters to fill the seat formerly held by Rep. Marvin Pendarvis. Waters ran unopposed.
The State House Gavel: Income tax plan, tort reform and $1.8B error report in Week 11
| March 25, 2025
The House returns to session this week, and, like the Senate, gavels in at noon. There is *a lot* going on in the General Assembly this week — on and off the floor. And what we are most looking forward to this week will take place not on the floor but on the field at Founders Park.
Simmer Down Now
| March 25, 2025
On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for March 25, 2025: Gov. Henry McMaster declares a state of emergency for an ongoing forest fire in Pickens County; we preview the week at the Statehouse, including a major report on the $1.8 billion accounting discrepancy; Russ McKinney reports on Dr. Ed Simmer’s confirmation to lead the state Department of Health; and more!
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