Politics
South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court has reversed course on abortion, upholding a ban on most procedures after just six weeks of pregnancy.
Aug. 23, 2023
Nearly 130 years since the first women were elected to state legislative offices in the U.S., women remain vastly underrepresented in state legislatures.
March 9, 2024
World & Nation
A cloud similar to the one that enveloped the California Legislature two years ago has now settled over Columbia, the South Carolina capital.
July 31, 1990
South Carolina remains one of only two states without a hate crimes law, and proponents worry that efforts in the Legislature are stalling.
Feb. 12, 2022
Southerners were clearing trees from roads and buildings, but the threat of more severe weather Wednesday in Georgia is complicating recovery efforts.
April 6, 2022
City Councilman Joel Wachs called Tuesday for Los Angeles to join a boycott of South Carolina until the Legislature there removes the Confederate flag from its statehouse, saying the pendant is a symbol of racism.
Jan. 19, 2000
Ending months of fierce debate, the South Carolina Legislature approved a compromise plan Thursday to move the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome to a monument on the grounds.
May 19, 2000
In the biggest rollback of legalized gambling in U.S. history, South Carolina will pull the plug on more than 22,000 video gambling machines at midnight Friday.
June 28, 2000
In state capitols around the nation, political activists and legislators armed with maps, computers and block-by-block bytes of census data are opening a new front in the furious national debate over affirmative action, quotas and reverse discrimination.
Aug. 28, 1991
City Councilman Joel Wachs called Tuesday for Los Angeles to join a boycott of South Carolina until that state’s Legislature removes the Confederate flag from its statehouse.