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SC lawmakers are playing politics with women’s lives

SC lawmakers are playing politics with women’s lives

CHRISTINE GLANG SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 4:50 PM October 2024, at what should have been a joyful nine-week ultrasound, I learned that my pregnancy had stopped developing three weeks earlier. My doctor explained that the pregnancy was not viable. I was...

Owner:  Smith Family
Bus driver charged with DUI on school field trip in South Carolina

Bus driver charged with DUI on school field trip in South Carolina

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WBTV) - A school bus driver was charged with DUI after she was caught with 17 prescription pill bottles in South Carolina last week, according to an arrest document. The document -- which was obtained by sister-station WRDW --...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
Election officials: Special Election ballots may not be counted if mailed on Election Day

Election officials: Special Election ballots may not be counted if mailed on Election Day

Ballots are on the way to San Diego County's voters for the Nov. 4 special election, with the documents scheduled to arrive in the next week, it was announced today. More than 2 million of the ballots are being mailed to registered voters, along...

Owner:  San Diego State University & American Government
South Carolina Lottery Pick 3, Pick 4 results for Oct. 2, 2025

South Carolina Lottery Pick 3, Pick 4 results for Oct. 2, 2025

The South Carolina Education Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Oct. 2, 2025, results for each game: Winning Pick 3 Plus FIREBALL numbers from Oct. 2 drawing Midday: 9-8-8, FB: 8 Evening: 7-4-6, FB: 6...

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Law firm Pope Flynn expands to Georgia

Law firm Pope Flynn expands to Georgia

Public finance attorney James Woodward will lead Pope Flynn's new Georgia office. Public finance and government law firm Pope Flynn expanded its practice to Georgia and hired public finance attorney James Woodward to lead the office. The new...

Owner:  Joseph Meyer
Trump is no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses the government shutdown to further pursue its goals

Trump is no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses the government shutdown to further pursue its goals

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of...

Owner:  The Lenfest Institute
Hyde Amendment's impact affected by state Medicaid programs, abortion law changes: report

Hyde Amendment's impact affected by state Medicaid programs, abortion law changes: report

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, October 03, 2025 Pro-Life demonstrators endure the snow to march in the streets of Washington, D.C. during the annual March For Life on Jan. 19, 2024. | The Christian Post/Nicole Alcindor State...

Owner:  Christopher Chou
Carolinas Divided: Variations in State Law Defeat Predominance

Carolinas Divided: Variations in State Law Defeat Predominance

A recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision, Jackson v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 919 S.E.2d 199 (N.C. 2025), highlights the importance of choice of law issues underlying putative class actions. Plaintiff bought a home water treatment system...

Owner:  Aviva Cuyler
South Carolina high school enters ‘secure’ lockdown due to domestic situation involving employee, officials say

South Carolina high school enters ‘secure’ lockdown due to domestic situation involving employee, officials say

ROCK HILL, S.C. (WBTV) - A high school in York County entered a “secure” lockdown on Thursday afternoon as Rock Hill police assisted with an alleged domestic situation that affected the school. Police said on Thursday, Oct. 2, around 1:30 p.m.,...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
At least 10 Pa. lawmakers say they’re refusing pay during government shutdown

At least 10 Pa. lawmakers say they’re refusing pay during government shutdown

At least 10 members of Congress from Pennsylvania, including Rep. Scott Perry, have joined several others across the country seeking to refuse their pay during the federal government shutdown, now in its third day. The shutdown, coming with...

Owner:  Newhouse Family
South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty after Biden commutes federal sentence

South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty after Biden commutes federal sentence

SUMMARY Prosecutor Jimmy Richardson will seek death penalty against Brandon Council in Horry County if convicted. Council’s federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life by Biden in December. Families and law...

Owner:  Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
South Carolina sheriff's detective killed in suspected DUI crash; driver arrested

South Carolina sheriff's detective killed in suspected DUI crash; driver arrested

South Carolina sheriff's detective killed in suspected DUI crash; driver arrested A man has been arrested after an off-duty South Carolina sheriff's detective was killed in a suspected DUI crash on Wednesday. ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS AT 6-- A...

Owner:  Hearst Family
Seattle Is Screwed: Mayoral Debate Goes Off the Rails When Candidates Are Asked About Repeat Offenders

Seattle Is Screwed: Mayoral Debate Goes Off the Rails When Candidates Are Asked About Repeat Offenders

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Reporting that Seattle is screwed might seem a lot like reporting "dog bites man," but in this case, it is profoundly true considering...

Owner:  Edward Atsinger III
California says El Cajon violated law that bans sharing license plate reader data with feds

California says El Cajon violated law that bans sharing license plate reader data with feds

The California Attorney General's Office sued the city of El Cajon Friday for allegedly violating state law by sharing automated license plate reader data with federal authorities and law enforcement officials in more than two dozen other states....

Owner:  Comcast Corporation
Stein signs Iryna’s Law into law but says it doesn’t go far enough

Stein signs Iryna’s Law into law but says it doesn’t go far enough

While Gov. Josh Stein signed Iryna’s Law into law on Friday, he also scolded the General Assembly, saying that the bill doesn’t do enough to keep people safe and that they should come back to Raleigh this month and pass his public safety package...

Owner:  John Locke Foundation Inc
40,000 Active Military Remain On Duty Without Pay Amid Government Shutdown

40,000 Active Military Remain On Duty Without Pay Amid Government Shutdown

Jessica Holdman/S.C. Daily Gazette COLUMBIA — The nearly 40,000 active duty military members stationed in South Carolina continue to work without pay amid the ongoing shutdown of the national government. There are also about 11,200 civilian...

Owner:  Greg Wilson
South Carolina Senate Committee Begins Debate on Abortion Bill That Would Threaten Women With 30 Years in Prison

South Carolina Senate Committee Begins Debate on Abortion Bill That Would Threaten Women With 30 Years in Prison

Lawmakers in South Carolina are debating what would be the strictest abortion ban in America, and if passed as is, would threaten women who get an abortion with 30 years in prison. The state senate’s medical affairs subcommittee held a hearing on...

Owner:  Dovid Efune
Government shutdown could impact hurricane forecasting and other SC environmental work

Government shutdown could impact hurricane forecasting and other SC environmental work

CHARLESTON — Federal offices and agencies across South Carolina remained closed or under significantly restricted operations Oct. 2 as the federal government shutdown marched into day two. The closure comes as South Carolina makes its way through...

Owner:  Manigault Family
South Carolina Lawmakers Consider Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions From Conception

South Carolina Lawmakers Consider Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions From Conception

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — Lawmakers in South Carolina are weighing a proposal that could become the strictest abortion law in the United States, sparking hours of testimony and protests at the State House this week. The “Unborn Child Protection...

Owner:  Ralph Shealy
Blue city mayor blasted after revealing he has 'no desire' to lock up serial criminals

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