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 9:30 a.m. Watch live here. Calendar. Journal.
Combined meeting schedule:
9:30 a.m., Senate L.C.I. Oversight Committee to Review the SC Department of Commerce, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch
9:30 a.m., House of Representatives, State House, House Chamber, watch
10:00 a.m., Senate Finance Sales and Income Tax Subcommittee, Gressette Room 408, agenda
11:00 a.m., Senate Finance, Committee, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch
11:00 a.m., House Judiciary Committee, Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch
2:00 p.m., Senate, State House, Senate Chamber, watch
2:00 PM., Gov. Henry McMaster will host a roundtable discussion on President Trump's American Infrastructure Initiative, State House grounds, Edgar A. Brown building, room 252, Columbia, S.C.
Upon adjournment of the Senate, Judiciary Subcommittee on S.754, S.909, S.1101, H.4375 and H.4379
Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch
3:30 p.m., Senate Transportation Subcommittee, Gressette Room 207, agenda
NEWS
Budget Bonanza South Carolina Lede
First TV ads in South Carolina governor's race support GOP hopeful Catherine Templeton The Post and Courier
Frustrated SC House votes to freeze spending by agency that OK'd rate hikes The State
'Protest candidate' Democrat jumps into congressional race against S.C. Republican Mark Sanford The Post and Courier
Sumter County School District proposes closing three schools The State
Contractors failed to stop wasting supplies at S.C. nuclear plant site despite warnings The Post and Courier
Brady Quirk-Garvan re-elected as chairman of Charleston County Democratic Party The Post and Courier
SC counties gave businesses tax breaks worth more than $200 million in 2016 The State
South Carolina prosecutor used public money for his brother to spin tunes at pricey Christmas bashes The Post and Courier
Midlands schools brace for national student walkout over school shootings The State
Battle brewing to become South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's lead challenger The Post and Courier
South Carolina's Jobless Rate Again Inches up Slightly Associated Press
Programing glitch puts scholarship winners' data online Associated Press
Five Points gets rowdy at night, but is it really unsafe? The State
Filing period for 2018 South Carolina elections opens noon Friday The Post and Courier
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