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Former GOP Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has launched a bid to unseat four-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026, saying he’s the...
07/02/2025

Former GOP Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has launched a bid to unseat four-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026, saying he’s the “real MAGA” alternative for fed-up GOP voters. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette about Bauer's entry into the race.

Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is challenging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, saying he's the "true MAGA" Republican in the race.

A death row inmate could be the seventh scheduled for ex*****on in the past 10 months after a Lexington County judge dec...
07/02/2025

A death row inmate could be the seventh scheduled for ex*****on in the past 10 months after a Lexington County judge decided this week he did not have an intellectual disability. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on Gary Terry's crime, the arguments, and decision.

Gary Terry, who has run out of other appeals, could be the seventh inmate scheduled for ex*****on since September.

South Carolina’s latest scholarship program for K-12 private tuition and other expenses reached its cap of 10,000 studen...
07/02/2025

South Carolina’s latest scholarship program for K-12 private tuition and other expenses reached its cap of 10,000 students for the year. That's more than three times the number enrolled a year ago. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on what contributed to the increase and what we know so far about the numbers.

Parents are still able to apply for a waitlist, which will put them among the first to get first dibs on the program next year

The Trump administration told a federal judge it will not implement the president's birthright citizenship order for a m...
07/02/2025

The Trump administration told a federal judge it will not implement the president's birthright citizenship order for a month but could “immediately” start planning. Read in SC Daily Gazette for the latest on the months-long case that now involves SC. This is an update to the article I posted yesterday from Maryland Matters.

The Trump administration will not implement his birthright citizenship order for a month but could “immediately” start planning.

New state laws aim to accelerate the spread of projects that embrace advanced nuclear technology. In the past two years,...
07/02/2025

New state laws aim to accelerate the spread of projects that embrace advanced nuclear technology. In the past two years, half the states have taken action to promote nuclear power. Read in SC Daily Gazette about the bipartisan push and how Texas is leading the resurgence. The article comes from our affiliate Stateline.

ABILENE, Texas — Bolstered by $3.2 million from a former Midland oilman, this West Texas city of 130,000 people is helping the Lone Star State lead a national nuclear energy resurgence. Doug Robison’s 2021 donation to Abilene Christian University helped the institution win federal approval to ho...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will be the featured speaker at the South Carolina GOP’s annual fundraising dinner next mon...
07/01/2025

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will be the featured speaker at the South Carolina GOP’s annual fundraising dinner next month. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette on the Silver Elephant Gala.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will keynote the South Carolina GOP's 58th annual Silver Elephant Gala fundraiser.

Eleven people are charged with defrauding government health insurance programs in South Carolina using schemes that rake...
07/01/2025

Eleven people are charged with defrauding government health insurance programs in South Carolina using schemes that raked in more than $23 million. They're among 324 people charged nationwide. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette for more on the massive investigation and allegations specific to South Carolina.

One scheme out of North Carolina involved more than $21 million in false claims, the U.S. Attorney's Office said

Our latest COMMENTARY comes from Paul Hyde on the $18,000 pay raise for legislators in the state budget, and the court o...
07/01/2025

Our latest COMMENTARY comes from Paul Hyde on the $18,000 pay raise for legislators in the state budget, and the court order that instead cuts their pay at least temporarily. "What a mess," he writes. Read his take in SC Daily Gazette and, of course, let us know what you think.

Commentary from Paul Hyde on the state budget's pay raise for legislators and the court order that instead cuts their pay at least temporarily

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package Tuesday with a tie-breaking vote ca...
07/01/2025

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package Tuesday with a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance, following days of tense, closed-door negotiations. Read more in SC Daily Gazette about what ultimately passed the Senate from States Newsroom's D.C. team.

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package with a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance.

An update: A moratorium on state-based artificial intelligence laws was struck from the “Big Beautiful Bill” in a 99-1 v...
07/01/2025

An update: A moratorium on state-based artificial intelligence laws was struck from the “Big Beautiful Bill” in a 99-1 vote in the U.S. Senate. Read the latest in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's national technology reporter Paige Gross.

The U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to strike a proposed 10-year moratorium on state-based artificial intelligence laws from the "big, beautiful bill."

Texas is the fifth state this year and seventh overall to ban lab-grown meat. Rather than ban sales, South Carolina's ne...
07/01/2025

Texas is the fifth state this year and seventh overall to ban lab-grown meat. Rather than ban sales, South Carolina's new law requires clear labeling of any “artificial or cell-cultivated food product.” Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from our affiliate Stateline, with SC info added by me.

Rather than ban sales, South Carolina law requires clear labeling of any "artificial or cell-cultivated food product."

Last Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows Trump’s birthright citizenship order to take effect in the 28 states, inc...
07/01/2025

Last Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows Trump’s birthright citizenship order to take effect in the 28 states, including South Carolina, that were not part of the initial lawsuits challenging it. But a new complaint filed for women living in nine states, including South Carolina, seeks to stop that. Read the latest, including a deadline for noon today, in SC Daily Gazette, from our affiliate Maryland Matters.

A federal judge gave Justice Department lawyers until noon Tuesday to confirm, in writing, the administration’s plans for implementing an executive order on birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted nationwide injunctions on the order Friday. Justice Department attorney Brad Rosen...

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