Medical marijuana’s chances in SC looking slim despite proposed changes By Andy Shain ashain@postandcourier.com Columbia Bureau Chief Mar 20, 2019 Updated Mar 20, 2019 COLUMBIA — Medical marijuana supporters amended a legislative proposal to appease concerns of South Carolina medical and law enforcement leaders, but any efforts will likely fall short unless the federal government steps in. A Senate panel led by the Statehouse’s chief medical marijuana advocate, Sen. Tom Davis, added protections on the bill Wednesday [...]

South Carolina lawmakers considering heartbeat abortion bill An extreme outright abortion ban is set for a hearing this Thursday, and we need your voice to stop it in its tracks. H.3020 is intended to ban abortion as early as 6 weeks, regardless of women’s needs and circumstances. Passing such a ban in South Carolina poses a serious threat to women’s health, freedom, and dignity. This is a far-reaching bill drafted by extremist politicians whose goal is to eliminate all abortion in South [...]

COLUMBIA, SC  Abortions. Bloated classroom sizes. A proposal to make the state’s only historically black technical college a trade school. Those were the issues that stirred the most controversy in the S.C. House Tuesday, as the chamber’s 124 members debated through the night how to spend roughly $9.3 billion in state money. The state’s budget takes effect every year on July 1. The House voted 100-2 Wednesday to adopt the budget, capping an often contentious debate that lasted roughly 13 hours. [...]

South Carolina is one of only five states with no law against hate crimes South Carolina's Legislative Black Caucus is hoping to pass a bill that would provide additional punishment for crimes committed because of a victim's identity or circumstance. Introduced on Jan. 8, H. 3063 would add an extra charge to a person convicted of a crime "with the intent to assault, intimidate, or threaten a person because of his race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, [...]