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South Carolina

Government Health Law Regional 

Judge Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban Day After Governor Signs Bill

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 ERIKA WILLIAMS
abortion, bills, planned parenthood, Republicans, restraining order, South Carolina

A day after South Carolina banned nearly all abortions, a federal judge on Friday suspended the new law for 14 days.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

South Carolina House Passes Bill That Bans Nearly All Abortions

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 ERIKA WILLIAMS
abortion, South Carolina

Seeking to prohibit most abortions in the state, the South Carolina House on Wednesday passed a bill that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

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Appeals Civil Rights Education 

Student Unlikely to Win Fourth Circuit Appeal Over Rejected Essay on Transgender Rights

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 BRAD KUTNER
First Amendment, Fourth Circuit, LGBT, schools, South Carolina, students

A Fourth Circuit panel appeared unlikely Friday to rule in favor of a South Carolina student whose fourth-grade essay offering support for her transgender grandfather was denied publication by her school’s principal.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

South Carolina Senate Passes Heartbeat Bill to Ban Most Abortions

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 KAYLA GOGGIN
abortion, South Carolina

The bill banning abortion after a heartbeat is found in a fetus effectively outlaws abortion in the state because a heartbeat can usually be detected at six weeks of pregnancy, before most women even know they are pregnant.

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Health Regional Science 

South Carolina Sees First US Cases of Virus Variant From SAfrica

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 NINA PULLANO
coronavirus, South Africa, South Carolina, vaccines

With the South Africa variant now detected, the United States has seen infections caused by each of the three major virus strains researchers here are tracking.

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Criminal Entertainment 

South Carolina Prosecutors Want Custody of Rapper Kodak Black After Trump Clemency

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 IZZY KAPNICK
clemency, rappers, sexual assault, South Carolina, Trump administration

Prosecutors in South Carolina want rap star Kodak Black transported to state custody to face a longstanding sexual assault charge after his federal sentence for gun law violations was commuted by outgoing President Donald Trump.

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Business Criminal Energy 

Former Executive Faces Prison Time in SC Nuclear Debacle

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fraud, nuclear power, plea deal, South Carolina

The executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a single watt of power is almost certain to spend time in prison.

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Environment Government 

Dam Demolition

November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 BRIEF
Army Corps of Engineers, dams, South Carolina, water

A federal court in South Carolina granted the state’s request for a permanent injunction to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from demolishing the Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam if the proposal to do so does not “maintain the pool” in existence on the date of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.

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National Politics 

Lindsey Graham Focuses on Reelection in Expensive Bid to Keep His Senate Seat

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 DANIEL JACKSON
2020 elections, South Carolina

After spending much of the week leading the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Senate Judiciary chairman Lindsay Graham turned his attention to South Carolina and the bitter neck-and-neck race for his reelection.

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Government Politics Regional 

Graham Leads Democratic Challenger in Senate Race, Poll Shows

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
2020 elections, Polls, South Carolina, U.S. Senate

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and President Donald Trump are both leading over their Democratic challengers in the Palmetto State, according to a poll released Thursday.

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Civil Rights Government 

Church Shooting

October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 BRIEF
Guns, Mass Shooting, negligence, South Carolina

Family members of the victims of the 2015 Charleston church shooting sufficiently alleged that the government was negligent in allowing shooter Dylann Roof to purchase the weapon he used during the shooting, a federal court in South Carolina ruled, denying the government’s motion to dismiss.

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Appeals Courts Law Politics 

Supreme Court Reinstates South Carolina’s Ballot Witness Requirement

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 DAVID LEE
Democrats, Republicans, South Carolina, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday night reinstated a Republican-backed witness signature requirement for absentee ballots in South Carolina, rejecting Democrats’ complaints of voter suppression during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Government Politics 

Poll Shows Lindsey Graham in ‘Fight of His Political Life’

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Polls, South Carolina

While President Donald Trump clings to his slight lead over Joe Biden in South Carolina, a new Quinnipiac University poll on Wednesday shows incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is neck-and-neck with his Democratic rival Jaime Harrison in the U.S. Senate race.

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Government Health Law 

Medicaid

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 BRIEF
Medicaid, planned parenthood, South Carolina

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services improperly terminated Planned Parenthood South Atlantic from the state’s Medicaid program, a federal court ruled, finding the action violated the Medicaid Act’s free-choice-of-provider provision.

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Environment Government Politics 

Trump Announces Ban on Offshore Drilling Off Atlantic Coast

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Donald Trump, drilling, Florida, Georgia, oceans, Oil and gas, South Carolina, Trump administration

Calling himself a “great environmentalist,” President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he would be expanding a ban on new offshore drilling off the coasts of certain Atlantic states in a reversal of his previous support for it.

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Civil Rights Government 

Race Discrimination

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 BRIEF
discrimination, festivals, NAACP, race, South Carolina

A federal judge in South Carolina declined to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit accusing the city of Myrtle Beach of implementing discriminatory policies during a bikers’ festival primarily attended by African Americans that are not used during a bikers’ festival primarily attended by white bikers.

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Environment Regional 

Isaias Near Hurricane Strength as It Crawls Toward Carolinas

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Florida, Hurricanes, North Carolina, South Carolina, Storms, Weather

Isaias was forecast to become a hurricane Monday as it neared landfall in the Carolinas after bands of heavy rain from the tropical storm lashed Florida’s east coast.

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Government Health Regional 

South Carolinians Head to Beaches — and Hospitals

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
beaches, coronavirus, hospitals, South Carolina, tourism, Travel

The elevator doors opened and inside were 10 people crammed into a space no bigger than a closet, none of them wearing a mask.

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Politics 

State Rep. Nancy Mace Wins Republican Primary in SC Congressional Race

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Congress, Elections, Republicans, South Carolina

State Representative Nancy Mace won the Republican primary in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District Tuesday, and will face off in November against an incumbent Democrat who flipped the district two years ago.

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Government Politics Regional 

South Carolina Race Could Play Crucial Role in Battle for House

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 ELLEN ROBINSON
Elections, South Carolina, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

The stakes are high in Tuesday’s primary election in South Carolina, as a handful of Republicans vie for the chance to take back control of the 1st Congressional District seat that Democrat Joe Cunningham snagged from the GOP two years.

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