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Intruders shoot, critically wound woman at home near Winter Park, deputies say

A woman was shot during a break-in near Winter Park, deputies say.

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SC Democrat seeks age limit for 'geriatric' politicians

(AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) (Meg Kinnard)CHARLESTON, S.C. — (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit for South Carolina politicians — a cap that would cut off the 75-year-old incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster — and making a veiled argument that even fellow Democrats like President Joe Biden are staying "in office way past their prime." South Carolina currently requires judges to retire officially at age 72, although jurists are allowed to stay on the bench in a fill-in capacity beyond that age limit. However, 8 in 10 Republicans do not have much or any confidence in either his physical health or mental capacity. Republicans including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, have called on Biden to resign, calling him “incoherent, incapacitated and confused.” Former South Carolina Gov.

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SC Dem seeks age limit for 'geriatric' politicians

(AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) (Meg Kinnard)CHARLESTON, S.C. — (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit for South Carolina politicians — a cap that would cut off the 75-year-old incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster — and making a veiled argument that even fellow Democrats like President Joe Biden are staying "in office way past their prime." South Carolina currently requires judges to retire officially at age 72, although jurists are allowed to stay on the bench in a fill-in capacity beyond that age limit. However, 8 in 10 Republicans do not have much or any confidence in either his physical health or mental capacity. Republicans including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, have called on Biden to resign, calling him “incoherent, incapacitated and confused.” Former South Carolina Gov.

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SC Democrat seeks age limit for 'geriatric' politicians

South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit — 72 — for state politicians.

Gov. McMaster renominated as Democrats vie to oppose him

South-Carolina-Transgender-Youth-Sports FILE - South Carolina Gov. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File) (Jeffrey Collins)COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster won his party’s nomination for a second full term Tuesday, while five Democratic gubernatorial candidates were vying for their party’s nomination. If McMaster wins the general election in November and completes the term, he will become the longest-serving governor in the state's history. She said South Carolina needs an alternative to the string of "Republican Light" Democratic men who have run and lost the past five gubernatorial races.

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In deep-red S.C., Democrats running for governor aren't trying to appeal to moderates

Democrats have to stop "being scared," said one South Carolina candidate. Abortion rights, gun control, and LGBTQ rights are among the top issues for Democrats challenging GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.

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McMaster, Cunningham win primaries; to face off in November

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting up a November showdown with Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.

Laxalt's Nevada win sets up fierce race for Senate control

A former Nevada attorney general who has embraced lies about the 2020 election has won the Republican nomination for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.

Voters In 4 States Heading To The Polls Tuesday

Voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina take to the polls Tuesday for midterm election primaries.

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Voters In 4 States Heading To The Polls Tuesday

The next major primaries come just a week from Tuesday, when voters in 4 more states and in Washington D.C., will head to the polls.

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South Carolina becomes the latest state to enact a transgender sports ban

South Carolina's governor signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools and colleges.

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EXPLAINER: How South Carolina execution firing squad works

It’s unknown how long a stay will hold off the execution of South Carolina’s first-ever inmate to be put to death by a firing squad as his attorneys pursue legal challenges.

Library study finds 'challenged' books soared in 2021

Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year.

SC Senate approves medical marijuana bill, House up next

South Carolina senators have approved medical marijuana legislation in South Carolina.

Appeals court mulls arguments on South Carolina abortion law

The “South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act" is similar to abortion restriction laws previously passed in a dozen states that became tied up in the courts. South Carolina's law requires doctors to perform ultrasounds to check for fetal cardiac activity, which can typically be detected about six weeks into pregnancy. Circuit Court of Appeals centered on its notion that Planned Parenthood doesn’t have legal standing to bring the challenge on behalf of women who would potentially be prevented from getting abortions. Texas’ abortion law, the most restrictive in the nation, also bans abortions as early as six weeks but, unlike South Carolina's law, has no exceptions for rape or incest. Legal challenges against that measure are ongoing, but the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Texas' law to remain in effect.

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Appeals court mulls arguments on South Carolina abortion law

An appellate court has heard arguments in Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s new abortion law, with attorneys for the state arguing the nonprofit doesn’t have legal standing to bring the case.

Rare blast of snow, ice takes aim at Southeast US coast

Freezing rain, sleet and snow blew into coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia.

Governors turn to budgets to guard against climate change

Climate Change State Spending FILE - California Gov. Newsom deemed climate change one of five “existential threats" facing the nation's most populous state when he rolled out his proposed state budget this past week. Beyond increasing climate spending, states are looking to the windfall to pad their reserves, cut taxes, boost funding for education and increase affordable housing. California-based companies that work to address climate change and develop green technologies could be eligible for tax credits. Democrats who control Maryland's legislature are pushing a climate change measure that would reduce methane emissions, modernize the electric grid and invest in green technology.

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Governors turn to budgets to guard against climate change

Governors and state lawmakers are prioritizing climate change as they write their state budgets, devoting money to lowering emissions and guarding against natural disasters such as flood and fire.

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Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, ice

Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put much of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers strip store shelves of supplies and road crews treat highways ahead of an approaching weekend storm.

South prepares for weekend threat of debilitating snow, ice

Forecasters' predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as Georgia have shoppers scouring store shelves for storm supplies and road crews trying to prevent a repeat of past wintertime debacles.

In omicron outbreak, US governors lose appetite for mandates

Governors across the U.S. took sweeping action during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic, but are taking a much different approach during the record-setting caseloads caused by the omicron variant.

Former SC gov candidate John Warren launches Bitcoin venture

Warren Bitcoin FILE - Republican John Warren participates in a gubernatorial primary debate at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., on June 5, 2018. The multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Warren on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, launched GEM Mining, to be headquartered in Greenville, S.C. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, File) (Grace Beahm Alford)COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — John Warren — the multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. “We saw huge opportunities with our connections to mining,” Warren told AP. Warren told AP his PAC will “play a very, very large role in next year’s elections, especially with superintendent of education and several House races."

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South Carolina abortion appellate hearing moved to January

Appellate arguments over a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law have been pushed into the new year.

More Republican leaders try to ban books on race, LGBTQ issues

In the latest instance, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster calls on the state's department of education to look into banning a book about queer identity, saying the content is sexually explicit.

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Debate over explicit memoir becomes a focus of GOP gov races

Debate over a memoir that contains explicit illustrations of sexual acts is surfacing in a handful of states where Republican governors are gearing up for reelection next year, foreshadowing a recurring theme for conservative leaders in the coming campaigns. The book in question, Maia Kobabe's “Gender Queer,” has been the focus of ire from Republican governors in various states, most recently playing a role in the Virginia governor's race. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday released a letter — similar in nature to one days earlier by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — calling on Superintendent Molly Spearman to perform a systemic review of “inappropriate” materials in the state's schools.

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The Latest: Canada domestic air travelers will need shots

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all domestic air travelers over age 12 will need to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative coronavirus test starting Oct. 30.

The Latest: Judge: Masks OK in So Carolina school districts

Virus Outbreak South Carolina FILE - Camden Elementary School students in masks listen as South Carolina Gov. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File) (Jeffrey Collins)COLUMBIA, South Carolina — School districts in South Carolina now have the authority to require masks, the state’s education chief said Wednesday. There were 14 reported deaths on Tuesday for a total of 12,620 in the nation of 5.5 million, the most since mid-June. ___MOSCOW — Russia is reporting record coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row, but authorities say they are not considering imposing nationwide restrictions. Russia’s state coronavirus task force on Wednesday registered 857 deaths, the country’s highest daily number of the pandemic.

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Federal judge overturns South Carolina school mask ban

Virus Outbreak South Carolina Two Camden Elementary School students in masks listen as South Carolina Gov. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) (Jeffrey Collins)COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students. Henry McMaster and GOP lawmakers who said parents should decide whether students wear masks, not school officials. The budget provision didn't outright ban districts from requiring masks, but said state money couldn't be used to enforce a mask requirement. “Some have also contended that the politicalization, by both opponents and proponents, of the decision to forbid local school districts from requiring students to wear a mask at school is gravely wrong.

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Federal judge overturns South Carolina school mask ban

A federal judge has suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students.

Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates

Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question.

The Latest: SC schools without mask mandates get virus wave

State health and education officials say the statewide mask ban in schools took away one of their best tools to stop the spread of COVID-19. The country is recording over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. ___JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Military leaders on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have declared a public health emergency in response to increasing COVID-19 cases in Alaska. Hospitalizations and COVID-19 cases across the state have increased as a result of the highly contagious delta variant. — A child is among the latest to die from COVID-19 in Louisiana, state health officials said Friday.

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Schools get the brunt of latest COVID wave in South Carolina

Virus Outbreak South Carolina Two Camden Elementary School students in masks listen as South Carolina Gov. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) (Jeffrey Collins)COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases have approached peak levels of last winter. Classes, schools and entire districts have gone virtual, leaving parents frustrated and teachers quitting weeks into the school year. Though not an outright ban, the proviso prevents school districts from using state money to enforce a rule requiring masks. Lawmakers stuck the proposal in the state budget two days after McMaster ended the state of emergency.

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Schools get the brunt of latest COVID wave in South Carolina

In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases have approached peak levels of last winter.

GOP prosecutors threaten lawsuits over vaccine requirement

Biden President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about the economy in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in Washington. "Your plan is disastrous and counterproductive," the prosecutors, led by Attorney General Alan Wilson of South Carolina, wrote in a letter sent to President Joe Biden. The letter is the latest GOP opposition to sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for private-sector employees, health care workers and federal contractors announced by Biden earlier this month. The OSHA rule, which covers nearly two-thirds of the private sector workforce, would last six months, after which it must be replaced by a permanent measure. In lieu of vaccine or weekly testing requirements, the prosecutors proposed that some companies could have employees work remotely, rather than report in person.

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GOP prosecutors threaten lawsuits over vaccine requirement

Two dozen Republican attorneys general are warning the White House of impending legal action if a proposed coronavirus vaccine requirement for as many as 100 million Americans goes into effect.

Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines.

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South Carolina officials want out of mask mandate ban suit

The plaintiffs are challenging a budget measure passed this summer that prevents South Carolina districts from using any state funding to require masks in schools. In papers filed last week, attorneys for McMaster — a Republican who has said repeatedly that parents alone should decide if children wear masks in schools — argued that the ACLU and its clients “have not alleged, and they cannot reasonably or plausibly allege, that Governor McMaster acted with bad faith or gross misconduct.”

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Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition

Henry McMaster says he will fight “to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian.” South Dakota Gov. More than 208 million Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, but some 80 million remain unvaccinated, driving infections. Vaccine mandates are supported by a small majority of Americans. Overall, 55% back vaccine mandates for government workers. And about half of working adults favor vaccine mandates at their own workplaces.

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Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition

Republicans are blasting President Joe Biden, threatening lawsuits and going as far as to call for civil disobedience to block his new vaccination mandates.

DeSantis rips into Biden’s strategy to mandate vaccines for millions of workers

ORLANDO, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis is tearing into President Biden’s strategy to mandate vaccines for millions of workers. Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates Thursday, including requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to have staff vaccinated or be tested weekly. Less than 24 hours after Biden’s announcement, DeSantis said the president’s actions are unconstitutional and threaten the jobs of people in his state. WATCH: Central Florida businesses face changes after Biden’s vaccine executive order“I’m standing for them, we are going to protect their jobs from federal overreach,” DeSantis said. READ: Alaska Gov: Biden’s vaccine order ‘un-American’DeSantis is not alone.

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President's Vaccine Rules Ignite Instant, Hot GOP Opposition

His move has unified Republicans who sometimes have taken different approaches to the pandemic.

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Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition

Henry McMaster says he will fight “to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian.” South Dakota Gov. Another 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be vaccinated. Vaccine mandates are supported by a small majority of Americans. Overall, 55% back vaccine mandates for government workers. And about half of working adults favor vaccine mandates at their workplaces.

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Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition

Republicans are blasting President Joe Biden, threatening lawsuits and going as far as to call for civil disobedience to block his new vaccination mandates.

Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers

Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to promote his new plan to require vaccinations for up to 100 million Americans.

Analysis: Biden's war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated

President Joe Biden has gone from waging war on the virus to a war on the unvaccinated.

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South Carolina abortion law challenge backed by 20 states

Twenty Democratic attorneys general have voiced their support for a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new abortion law.

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says President Joe Biden is overreaching with his new requirement for employees of large businesses to be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19.

Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law

Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women’s health that must be challenged.

Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law

Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women’s health that must be challenged.

Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law

Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women's health that must be challenged. “I’m pro-life,” said Republican Glenn Youngkin, a GOP candidate for governor in increasingly Democratic Virginia, where the only open governor's race in the nation is coming up in November. When pressed on the Texas law by a reporter, he quickly noted that he supports exceptions in cases of rape, incest and where the mother’s life is in danger — exceptions notably not included in the new law.

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Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid

An Associated Press investigation has found that more than $500 million in K-12 pandemic aid allocated by Congress went to privately operated schools that were entirely virtual even before the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Latest: ACLU sues SC over ban on school mask mandates

Henry McMaster talks about the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Public health officials have pleaded with the governor and legislators to lift the ban on mask mandates. The deal was reached Monday with a union coalition, shortly after the Pfizer vaccine earned full Food and Drug Administration approval. ___WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s hoping for an uptick in the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations following U.S. government approval of the Pfizer vaccine. ___WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is celebrating the full FDA approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and is urging the unvaccinated to go get their inoculations.

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ACLU sues over South Carolina ban on school mask mandates

But some school districts and cities have disregarded the ban and gone forward with implementing a school mask mandate. The ban on mask mandates is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, the plaintiffs allege in the lawsuit. The lawsuit from the ACLU is not the first time South Carolina's ban on mask mandates has ended up in court. Public health officials have pleaded with the governor and legislators to lift the ban on mask mandates. South Carolina is one of seven states that have implemented a ban on mask mandates.

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ACLU sues over South Carolina ban on school mask mandates

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

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Federal government takes notice of South Carolina's stance on masks in schools

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has sent a letter to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Department of Education Superintendent Molly Spearman, warning against policies that prevent school districts from requiring masks.

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Some governors use federal virus aid to expand school choice

Some Republican governors are using federal pandemic assistance to promote school choice programs, including charter schools and vouchers for private schools.

Clean needles depend on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs

Vaccine Safety-Horseshoe Crabs South Carolina Gov. Many of these crabs are harvested along the coast of South Carolina, where Gov. Their value to avoiding infection emerged after scientists researching their immune response injected bacteria into horseshoe crabs in the 1950s. During a year, Jordan said his harvesters can bring in 100,000 to 150,000 horseshoe crabs, and still can't satisfy the growing demand. “We need more, though,” Jordan told McMaster, adding that his company is working with the state to open up more harvesting areas.

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Who knew? Blue blood of horseshoe crabs ensures COVID, other shots are safe

Anyone who has to get an injection in the U.S. probably has horseshoe crabs to thank for keeping the needle clean.

COVID mask disputes make for rocky start of school year

The summer surge of the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus made for a disruptive start of the school year in many parts of the country Monday.

Republicans take to mask wars as virus surges in red states

Ron DeSantis of Florida has issued an executive order threatening to cut funding from school districts that defy a statewide ban on classroom mask mandates. Even the Republican gubernatorial candidate in the purple state of Virginia has decried school mask mandates in the name of parental rights. In Florida, which has seen cases and hospitalizations rise sharply, some school districts are suing to oppose DeSantis' order. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he opposes DeSantis’ orders against school mask mandates, saying on CNN Sunday, “The local official should have control here.”One Republican governor has backtracked. But not all school districts are pushing mask mandates, either.

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Republicans take to mask wars as virus surges in red states

Top Republicans are battling school districts in their own states’ urban, heavily Democratic areas over whether students should be required to mask up as they head back to school.

Schools fight back against GOP governors, defy bans on masks

The highly contagious delta variant is fueling a surge in coronavirus cases as students return to classrooms.

South Carolina gov gets anti-abortion org's 1st 2022 backing

Pharmaceutical Expansion South Carolina Gov. The state's sole abortion clinic is challenging the measure's legality, arguing that it unconstitutionally restricts access to abortion. Mississippi’s Republican attorney general, in turn, has asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Last month, McMaster led a coalition of a dozen Republican governors submitting an amicus brief supporting Mississippi's law. “The right to life is the most precious of rights and the most fragile,” McMaster said then, in a statement.

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South Carolina gov gets anti-abortion org's 1st 2022 backing

A leading anti-abortion group has picked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster as its first state-level endorsement in next year’s elections.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs brief imploring Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Thursday to a brief that calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and...

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DeSantis joins other governors in asking Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has joined other governors asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide.

Will this pandemic ever end? I don’t know. Did you get the vaccine?

At this point, it feels like governors McMaster and Ivey are preaching to the choir, our opinion editor writes.

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‘We know the vaccine saves lives,’ McMaster says as SC reaches 50% COVID vaccination

“If (people) have questions they can get answers and they need to talk to the people they trust. Whether it’s a preacher, a doctor, neighbors or friends, and make a decision. We made what I think is the right decision,” said Gov. Henry McMaster who has been vaccinated.

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20 states support South Carolina in abortion lawsuit

Twenty states are supporting South Carolina’s defense of a new abortion law.

20 states support South Carolina in abortion lawsuit

Twenty states are supporting South Carolina's defense of a new abortion law, arguing in an amicus brief that a federal judge was wrong to pause the entire measure instead of just the provision facing a court challenge. In a filing Tuesday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the states, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall argued that U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis overstepped her authority when she put the entire abortion law on hold, rather than just the portion being challenged. The judge's ruling, Marshall wrote, “treads on South Carolina’s sovereign ability to decide for itself the purposes of its legislation” and “aggrandizes the judicial power by treating the court’s injunction of the challenged provision as erasing it entirely so the whole Act collapses.”

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SC’s McMaster opposes recreational marijuana. Medical use a ‘different story,’ he says

McMaster’s statements came a day after one of his Democratic challengers, Joe Cunningham, said he is in favor of legalizing both recreational and medicinal cannabis.

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Madison Cawthorn says Biden plan for door-to-door vaccine info could lead to Bibles and guns being confiscated

‘Think about the mechanisms they would have to build to be able to actually execute that massive of a thing,’ Cawthorn says

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White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push

With the COVID-19 vaccination rate plateauing across the country, the White House is returning fire at those they see as spreading harmful misinformation or fear about the shots. Henry McMaster tried this week to block door-to-door efforts to drive up the vaccination rate in his state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki did not mince words in her reaction. “Now we need to go to community-by-community, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, and oftentimes, door-to-door — literally knocking on doors — to get help to the remaining people" who need to be vaccinated, Biden said Tuesday. Months ago, the Biden White House refrained from responding when officials criticized its vaccine allocation strategy of sending more doses directly to pharmacies instead of through state health departments after the former strategy proved more effective. White House officials are quick to point out that their criticism is not related to the officials' political affiliation but to their rhetoric.

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White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push

The Biden White House is no longer refraining from criticizing Republican officials who play down the importance of coronavirus vaccinations or seek to make political hay of the federal government’s all-out effort to drive shots into arms.

White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push

With the COVID-19 vaccination rate plateauing across the country, the White House is returning fire at those they see as spreading harmful misinformation or fear about the shots. Henry McMaster tried this week to block door-to-door efforts to drive up the vaccination rate in his state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki did not mince words in her reaction. “Now we need to go to community-by-community, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, and oftentimes, door-to-door — literally knocking on doors — to get help to the remaining people" who need to be vaccinated, Biden said Tuesday. Months ago, the Biden White House refrained from responding when officials criticized its vaccine allocation strategy of sending more doses directly to pharmacies instead of through state health departments after the former strategy proved more effective. White House officials are quick to point out that their criticism is not related to the officials' political affiliation but to their rhetoric.

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White House press secretary says GOP governors ‘killing people’ by not helping with vaccines

Jen Psaki’s comments come as Republicans criticise White House’s ‘door-to-door’ efforts on vaccination.

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McMaster directs health officials to prohibit door-to-door COVID vaccine efforts in SC

“Enticing, coercing, intimidating, mandating, or pressuring anyone to take the vaccine is a bad policy which will deteriorate the public’s trust and confidence in the State’s vaccination efforts,” McMaster wrote in a letter to DHEC’s board chairman.

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McMaster directs health officials to prohibit door-to-door COVID vaccine efforts in SC

“Enticing, coercing, intimidating, mandating, or pressuring anyone to take the vaccine is a bad policy which will deteriorate the public’s trust and confidence in the State’s vaccination efforts,” McMaster wrote in a letter to DHEC’s board chairman.

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Gov. McMaster, Republicans appeal injunction that stopped SC’s abortion law

The state’s legal brief requests that a federal district judge’s order be reversed and asks the appeals court to dismiss the case on the grounds that the plaintiffs lack standing to bring suit against the law.

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South Carolina gov: Abortion order 'oversteps' federal power

South Carolina's governor wants a new abortion law to take effect, arguing Wednesday that a judge's decision to put the whole measure — and not just the parts being challenged in court — on hold during a lawsuit “oversteps the bounds of federal judicial power.” Gov. Henry McMaster's brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asks appellate judges to lift a lower court's injunction on the “ South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act. ” The Republican signed the measure into law earlier this year. Planned Parenthood attorneys sued immediately, and the entire law has been blocked from going into effect during the litigation.

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As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches SC, Gov. McMaster urges residents to prepare

Gov. Henry McMaster said South Carolina residents should finalize their storm preparations ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa.

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Read the room: Now is not the time for these huge government salary increases

It’s hard to justify such exorbitant increases, writes The State Editorial Board. These are government jobs, publicly-funded jobs. The men and women earning the statewide median salary of $53,199 are paying these salaries.

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It lives: Legislature overrides governor’s veto of Five Points road money

More than $800,000 that is set to go toward a sprawling road and pedestrian safety overhaul in the shopping and nightlife district has been reinstated. It had been vetoed by Gov. Henry McMaster.

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‘I don’t call them earmarks’: SC lawmakers restore $153M in spending vetoed by McMaster

The governor had called for more transparency and project descriptions for the earmarks.

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SC Senate approves McMaster’s commerce appointment. Here’s what the new chief promises

Harry Lightsey will succeed Secretary Bobby Hitt, who led the Cabinet agency since 2011 when he was first appointed by former Gov. Nikki Haley.

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Overfishing and license fees: what local anglers should know about the new legislation

The license fee increase will go into effect July 1. This is the first time it has been changed in two decades.

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Overfishing and license fees: what local anglers should know about the new legislation

The license fee increase will go into effect July 1. This is the first time it has been changed in two decades.

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Columbia, Camden hospital sale must ensure SC people come first, Gov. McMaster says

“Our goal is to see that the people of South Carolina have ample medical care and attention. MUSC is confident that this will do that,” Gov. Henry McMaster said.

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The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

Maine is approaching getting 70% of its eligible residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he sees that figure as more of a floor than a ceiling.

Pompeo unveils PAC, demurs on possible 2024 presidential bid

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become the latest former Trump administration official to launch a political action committee.

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2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed

The South Carolina Supreme Court has blocked two upcoming executions, saying those inmates cannot be put to death until they truly have a choice of a newly established firing squad option.

South Carolina inmates to appeals court: Halt electrocutions

The two South Carolina inmates scheduled to die this month want an appellate court to halt their deaths by electrocution.

The Latest: South Carolina ends academic year with deficit

The South Carolina athletic department says it will end its academic year with a $27 million deficit.

Johnson starts strong in home-state Palmetto Championship

Dustin Johnson got off to a fast start Thursday at Congaree in his home-state Palmetto Championship, shooting a 6-under 65 that left him a shot behind leader Wes Roach.

South Carolina judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions

A South Carolina judge is refusing to block two executions set for later this month.

S Carolina's state-owned utility survives as public company

South Carolina’s state-owned utility appears to have survived four years of turmoil to remain public.

SC lawmaker makes history as 1st Black woman to run for gov

South Carolina state Sen. Mia McLeod says she's the person who can become the United States' first Black female governor.

Former jailer seeks clemency for one death row inmate

A lack of drugs used in lethal injections has stalled three executions in South Carolina over the past six months.

New law makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause.

The Latest: Louisiana kids can start vaccinations Thursday

Children as young as 12 can expect to start getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday in Louisiana.

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