Healthcare providers in South Carolina may soon be able to refuse to perform procedures that they say violate their morals, ethics, or religious beliefs.
New legislation would require guidelines for federal prisons to notify the families of inmates if their loved one has a serious illness or if they die.
Despite the abrupt death of the bill to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina this year, supporters and advocates say their hope for the legislation is still alive.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was on the receiving end of one of the most infamous phone calls in political history – a January 2, 2021 call from then-President Donald Trump.
At the end of last week, House members moved to create a statewide task force to hold hearings and figure out how to recruit and retain more teachers in South Carolina.
A group of voters who challenged U.S. Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene’s eligibility to run for re-election say they have appealed the secretary of state’s decision.
On Friday, Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams took the stage in downtown Atlanta full of confidence. She’s running unopposed as the Democratic nominee for the governor of Georgia
“When a privatized housing provider fails to meet its performance obligations, the Army will be aggressive in using all tools available,” Rachel Jacobson says.
Time ran out for South Carolina senators as they tried to pass a bill that would restructure the University of South Carolina’s board during a frenetic final day.
The South Carolina Senate has agreed to come back in special session later this year to take up abortion bills to respond to possible Supreme Court action.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, nearly 3,000 people with disabilities in South Carolina were being paid less than the minimum wage just before the pandemic began.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talked about the 2020 election, the constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, and Georgia election integrity.
With just three days left on the calendar in South Carolina’s legislative session, it will be a race to the finish to advance bills to the governor’s desk by the end of next week.
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed seven bills that his office said are designed to benefit patients across the state and strengthen the Peach State’s healthcare system.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a version of S.2 to the House floor Thursday, after amending the bill with significant changes that would pump the brakes on its progress.
“If noncitizens attempt to register to vote, we will stop them before they get on the voter rolls, we will investigate, and we will prosecute,” Brad Raffensperger says.
The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges.
The decision shocked leaders in the state Senate and may have repercussions well beyond failing to make South Carolina one of about 40 states allowing patients to use marijuana as medicine.
Last year, McMaster signed the “Fetal Heartbeat Bill” into law, which bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks, making it one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country.
Georgia is one of 26 states expected to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank Guttmacher Institute.
If the U.S. Supreme Court indeed removes the Constitutional right to abortion, as suggested in a leaked draft opinion published by Politico, it would pave the way for Georgia’s Heartbeat Law – one of the strictest abortion laws in the country – to take effect.
