Wednesday, October 9, 2024

SC State Wire

North Carolina attorney general sues TikTok, ByteDance

Tue, 08 Oct 2024
North Carolina attorney general sues TikTok, ByteDance

(The Center Square) – TikTok, popular short-form social media video site with parent company headquartered in China, is being sued by the North Carolina attorney general.

Josh Stein, also a candidate for governor, in the lawsuit seeks injunctive relief,... Read more


Report: More than 50 jihadist cases in 29 states show 'persistent terror threat'

Sun, 06 Oct 2024
Report: More than 50 jihadist cases in 29 states show 'persistent terror threat'

(The Center Square) – A new report published by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security states that “foreign jihadist networks and homegrown violent extremists” represent a “persistent terror threat to America.”

It identifies more than 50 cases in... Read more


Hurricane Helene response takes center stage at Trump rally

Sun, 06 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene response takes center stage at Trump rally

(The Center Square) – On a rally stage hundreds of miles north of Hurricane Helene’s path of devastation, former President Donald Trump attacked the federal government’s ongoing response to the disaster.

“What’s happened there is very bad,” he said... Read more


Senators request answers for billions to Iran, its terror proxies

Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Senators request answers for billions to Iran, its terror proxies

(The Center Square) – Two U.S. senators have joined together in a letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve demanding answers after a new report outlined the agency's failures in connection with the Central Bank of Iraq.

... Read more

Vance, Walz debate economy, immigration, abortion in tight presidential race

Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Vance, Walz debate economy, immigration, abortion in tight presidential race

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz exchanged barbs on the debate stage Tuesday night in what may be the final debate before Election Day just five weeks away.

CBS News anchors... Read more


Helene drowns southeastern United States

Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Helene drowns southeastern United States

(The Center Square) - At least 26 people across four states have died as a result of the storm formerly known as Hurricane Helene that has produced widespread flooding and tornadoes.

Some of the worst flooding was in the... Read more


Georgia death toll up to 11 from Helene; impact widespread in South

Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Georgia death toll up to 11 from Helene; impact widespread in South

(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday that 11 people died as a result of Hurricane Helene, including a first responder.

The governor did not give details on the deaths. Earlier reports said a couple in... Read more


Weakening Helene still punching across the South

Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Weakening Helene still punching across the South

(The Center Square) – Hurricane Helene is now a tropical storm but will cause weather woes across the South on Friday, forecasters say.

The storm made landfall in Florida's Big Bend around 11:10 p.m. Thursday and quickly made its... Read more


Helene in Atlanta could be what Hugo was to Charlotte

Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Helene in Atlanta could be what Hugo was to Charlotte

(The Center Square) – Atlanta is forecast to take the worst storm beating of a major inland city in the South since the first Bush administration.

Hurricane Helene’s expanse is forecast to only fall short of Opal (1995), Wilma... Read more


Twenty state AGs challenge gender dysphoria guidance and methodology

Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Twenty state AGs challenge gender dysphoria guidance and methodology

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 20-state coalition to question the American Academy of Pediatrics practices with child gender dysphoria.

In a letter, originally written by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the AGs put... Read more


Attorneys general file amicus brief supporting victims of Hamas attack

Mon, 23 Sep 2024
Attorneys general file amicus brief supporting victims of Hamas attack

(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed an amicus brief to a federal court, leading a coalition of 22 state attorneys general.

The prosecutors urge the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia... Read more


South Carolina tops the list of states seeing net gain in tax filers

Wed, 11 Sep 2024
South Carolina tops the list of states seeing net gain in tax filers

(The Center Square) — South Carolina topped the list of states experiencing a net gain in income tax filers from interstate migration between 2021 and 2022, one of 26 states that experienced a gain.

The finding is from the... Read more


South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down education scholarship program

Wed, 11 Sep 2024
South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down education scholarship program

(The Center Square) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has found the state's Education Scholarship Trust Fund violates the South Carolina Constitution's "prohibition against the use of public funds for the direct benefit of private educational institutions."

With the... Read more


Twenty-three states ask Supreme Court to reverse energy-related decision

Thu, 05 Sep 2024
Twenty-three states ask Supreme Court to reverse energy-related decision

(The Center Square) – Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry.

A brief filed this week by Louisiana Attorney... Read more


McMaster signs measure for monument that won't cost taxpayers

Fri, 30 Aug 2024
McMaster signs measure for monument that won't cost taxpayers

(The Center Square) — South Carolina plans to install a Robert Smalls monument on the statehouse's grounds in Columbia, but the project shouldn't cost taxpayers additional money.

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster "ceremonially" signed H. 5042 on Thursday,... Read more


Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

Wed, 28 Aug 2024
Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.

The coalition of... Read more


16 state coalition sues Biden administration to block amnesty plan

Fri, 23 Aug 2024
16 state coalition sues Biden administration to block amnesty plan

(The Center Square) – A 16-state coalition led by Texas has sued the Biden administration to stop a widespread amnesty plan from going into effect.

They did so two months after President Joe Biden announced the plan designed to... Read more


McMaster signs tax credits for South Carolina railroads, abandoned buildings

Wed, 21 Aug 2024
McMaster signs tax credits for South Carolina railroads, abandoned buildings

(The Center Square) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a measure to extend tax credits for revitalizing abandoned buildings and South Carolina short-line railroads.

S. 1021, which the Republican governor "ceremonially" signed on Wednesday, extends... Read more


South Carolina voters to weigh in on constitutional amendment

Tue, 20 Aug 2024
South Carolina voters to weigh in on constitutional amendment

(The Center Square) — When South Carolina voters head to the polls in November, they'll have the chance to decide on a constitutional amendment codifying that only citizens can vote in elections in the state.

According to the South... Read more


15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

Tue, 20 Aug 2024
15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by Kansas has sued the Biden-Harris administration to block the federal government from providing free health care through the taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally.

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