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Bill banning hormones for transgender youth advances to Senate floor fight

COLUMBIA — A bill banning puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth advanced Thursday after senators re-inserted a parental notification requirement. A 10-6 vote by the Senate Medical Affairs Committee, along party lines, sent the amended bill to the Senate floor. Senators made few changes to the legislation pushed swiftly through the House […]

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Bill banning vaccine mandates, limiting remedies SC could offer in future pandemics advances

COLUMBIA — Legislation that would ban South Carolina businesses from requiring COVID vaccines and restrict what the state’s public health agency could provide in future pandemics advanced Wednesday in the state Senate, despite opposition that included the state Chamber of Commerce. The proposal sponsored by Sen. Shane Martin would greatly expand on a law signed […]

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House GOP seeks to expand SC’s K-12 private school choice program before it even starts

COLUMBIA — All of South Carolina’s K-12 students could qualify for public aid toward private schooling under legislation that could exponentially expand the state’s fledgling voucher program. The latest proposal, introduced Wednesday by House GOP leaders, would make all students, regardless of their parents’ income, eligible for state aid toward private tuition, tutoring, transportation and […]

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