Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. As darkness fell, there were no reports of any clashes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – With dozens of police officers keeping watch, approximately 25 people gathered Sunday at the South Carolina Statehouse for a peaceful rally that covered topics ranging from military veteran suicides to the banning of conservative commentators on social media.
A few protesters were starting to gather in some cities, but streets in many others remained empty. Here are the latest updates on protests around the country.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The full House and Senate in South Carolina are taking a few days off next week, including Wednesday's presidential inauguration day when the FBI has warned state governments there could be violence at their capitols.
The Statehouse and other state buildings in downtown Columbus will be closed through Inauguration Day as police officers, National Guard membe…
FLORENCE, S.C. − A group of Pee Dee residents are planning to caravan to Columbia to show their support for America.
The usual shoulder-to-shoulder was more like bumper-to-bumper for the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday as one of the world'…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Statehouse was largely evacuated on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered peacefully outside the building and violence broke out in the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate while cheers rang out at several demonstrations as a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Capitol's doors were briefly locked to the public Wednesday and some elevators turned to restricted access as dozens of President Donald Trump's supporters gathered on the steps to oppose congressional recognition of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
FLORENCE, S.C. — The monthly meeting of the Florence County Republican Party will feature Statehouse candidates running in contested elections. Expected to appear are State Reps. Phillip Lowe and Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan Jr. and state Senate candidate Leon Winn.
FLORENCE, S.C. — The monthly meeting of the Florence County Republican Party will feature Statehouse candidates running in contested elections. Expected to appear are State Reps. Phillip Lowe and Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan Jr. and state Senate candidate Leon Winn.
The curious thing about laws is they can be repealed.
FLORENCE, S.C. — A local church will be part of a legislative day in February.
State legislators need to be a little bit like reporters in the days ahead as they consider the fate of Santee Cooper, the state-backed utilit…
We have the age-old argument here in the South. What’s more important in NASCAR: the driver or the car?
Seated next to President Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office, Nikki Haley did not look like a woman who had tortured herself over whether to resign as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
MARION, S.C. – Marion County Healthcare Foundation executive director Pete Mazzaroni presented the Marion County School District with a grant award of $5,000 to provide all third-graders with an opportunity to visit the Statehouse in Columbia.
The S.C. General Assembly is far different than 27 years ago when Operation Lost Trust blew open the cozy culture of the Statehouse with federal charges against 28 legislators and lobbyists in a cash-for-votes sting.
I am writing in reply to Kimberly Turner’s letter in the Aug. 22 Morning News (“Confederate Memorial Day must end”).
An ongoing ethics investigation at the Statehouse has elected officials twitchy, looking over their shoulders in attempts to figure out what’s coming. For the second time in two dozen years, there’s a dark pall looming over the legislature.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The walls of South Carolina’s Senate chambers are decked with images of historic state figures and dignitaries like John C. Calhoun, Clementa Pinckney, Mary Gordon Ellis, Henry Timrod and Strom Thurmond.
It’s no surprise our state’s politicians have credibility problems thanks to distant and recent scandals that continue to tar the whole Statehouse. Confidence in government, to put it mildly, ain’t all that strong.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Reps. Jay Jordan (R-Florence) and Roger Kirby (D-Marion) have been appointed to a statehouse committee that will study ways to reform South Carolina’s tax code.