This Week in South Carolina: In Session provides you with the information you need to navigate the South Carolina General Assembly during the legislative session. Each edition provides a snapshot of the legislative day with meeting schedules, agendas, news and other resources in one place.
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LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE
Senate
The Senate gavels in at 2 p.m. Watch live here. Calendar. Journal.
House
The House gavels in at 12 p.m. Watch live here. Calendar. Journal.
Combined meeting schedule:
9:30 a.m., Joint Citizens and Legislative on Children, Gressette Room 207, agenda
9:30 a.m., Senate Finance Transportation and Regulatory Subcommittee Budget Hearing, Gressette Room 307, agenda
10:00 a.m., SC Legislative Black Caucus, Blatt Room 427
10:00 a.m., Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on S.136 and S.833, Gressette Room 408, agenda
11:00 a.m., Senate Finance Committee, Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch
11:00 a.m., Senate Judiciary Committee, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch
11:00 a.m., House Ways and Means Committee, Blatt Room 521, agenda, watch
11:00 a.m., House Minority Caucus, Blatt Room 305
11:00 a.m., House Judiciary Constitutional Laws Subcommittee on H.3233, Blatt Room 516, agenda
12:00 p.m., House of Representatives State House, House Chamber, watch
2:00 p.m. Senate State House, Senate Chamber, watch
Upon adjournment of the House, Minority Caucus, Blatt Room 305
Upon adjournment of the House, Majority Caucus, Blatt Room 112
2:30 p.m., or 1.5 hours upon adjournment of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee, Blatt Room 427, agenda
2:30 p.m., or 1.5 hours upon adjournment of the House, whichever is later House Judiciary Committee, Blatt Room 516, agenda
1.5 hours after the House adjourns E.P.W. Higher Education Subcommittee on H.4440 and H.4931, Blatt Room 321, agenda
NEWS
The Waiting Game - Plea Deals and Nuclear Deals South Carolina Lede
S.C. lawmakers call for law enforcement probe of bogus pro-utility emails The Post and Courier
Members of SC board that OK’d SCE&G’s nuclear rate hikes soon could lose their jobs The State
Imposters invade SC lawmakers’ emails, seeking support for Dominion-SCANA deal The State
Why Trump might bend nuclear security rules to help Saudi Arabia build reactors in the desert The Washington Post
S Carolina county seeks to keep emergency medical services Associated Press
Program that feeds seniors around Charleston saw enrollment double in the last year The Post and Courier
Federal judges order state to pay $2 million in fees in disability case Greenville News
Charleston-area students, parents rally for stricter gun control after Florida school shooting The Post and Courier
Candidates join in annual GOP President’s Day dinner The Spartanburg Herald Journal
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford's GOP challenger Katie Arrington launches first TV ad The Post and Courier
Stormy Daniels will hit the stage in S.C. again soon, this time in North Myrtle Beach Charleston City Paper
Orangeburg's GKN Aerospace, key supplier to Boeing, waits out overseas takeover battle The Post and Courier
So long plastic bags. Here's when Beaufort County is getting rid of them for good. The Island Packet
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