Friday, December 6, 2024

SC State Wire

23 AGs oppose Biden’s 4th attempt to saddle Americans with student loan debt

Thu, 05 Dec 2024
23 AGs oppose Biden’s 4th attempt to saddle Americans with student loan debt

(The Center Square) – A group of 23 attorneys general led by Missouri and Kansas has put the Biden administration’s Department of Education on notice about its fourth attempt to force American taxpayers to pay for others' student loan debt.

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28 AGs call on U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Mexico gun violence case

Wed, 04 Dec 2024
28 AGs call on U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Mexico gun violence case

(The Center Square) – A coalition of 28 attorneys general has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which Mexico is blaming U.S. gun manufacturers for Mexican cartel gun violence.

At issue is a 2022... Read more


18 states sue Biden administration over SEC crypto currency actions

Tue, 03 Dec 2024
18 states sue Biden administration over SEC crypto currency actions

(The Center Square) – Eighteen states have sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and members of the Biden administration for actions they argue the agency has illegally taken against cryptocurrency companies and their employees.

The lawsuit was filed... Read more


GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed

Mon, 02 Dec 2024
GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed

(The Center Square) – A group of Republican governors has joined together in a letter to key congressional leaders and agricultural policymakers that warns that delayed reforms and inflationary pressures are pushing farmers to a breaking point.

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States say court must block Department of Education's Title IX rule

Fri, 22 Nov 2024
States say court must block Department of Education's Title IX rule

(The Center Squar) – States and private organizations argued this month that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn a district court decision allowing the Biden administration to implement its expanded Title IX rules ahead of oral arguments next month.

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Proposal would keep men out of women’s spaces on federal property

Thu, 21 Nov 2024
Proposal would keep men out of women’s spaces on federal property

(The Center Square) – Doubling down against backlash and riding a wave of momentum in support, South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is seeking to protect women’s spaces on all federal property nationwide.

The Protecting Women’s Private Spaces... Read more


Scott requests end to rulemaking activity, withdrawal of candidates

Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Scott requests end to rulemaking activity, withdrawal of candidates

(The Center Square) – South Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has called on the Biden administration to cease new rulemaking and withdraw several pending agency nominations.

Scott, ranking member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs... Read more


VIDEO: Samaritan's Purse helps clean up homes in wake of Hurricane Helene

Sun, 17 Nov 2024
VIDEO: Samaritan's Purse helps clean up homes in wake of Hurricane Helene

(The Center Square) – Samaritan's Purse is among a number of nonprofits that helped cleanup efforts after Hurricane Helene. In the video below, watch Jodie Yoder, U.S. Disaster Relief program manager for Samaritan's Purse, describe the work outside a site in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Op-Ed: How Helene gave way to 'hurricane snafu' in the Carolinas

Sun, 17 Nov 2024
Op-Ed: How Helene gave way to 'hurricane snafu' in the Carolinas

It wasn’t as if the Tar Heel state didn’t see Hurricane Helene coming. On Sept. 25, one day before Helene stormed ashore, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as the storm’s path showed it churning northward toward Appalachia after making landfall in Florida.

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Multiple attorneys general call on appeals court to dismiss Trump indictment

Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Multiple attorneys general call on appeals court to dismiss Trump indictment

(The Center Square) – Multiple state attorneys general have requested the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a federal court dismissal of an indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against President-elect Donald Trump.

Florida led a multi-state... Read more


VIDEO: Samaritan’s Purse aids 90-year-old’s ‘astronomical’ expense

Sun, 10 Nov 2024
VIDEO: Samaritan’s Purse aids 90-year-old’s ‘astronomical’ expense

(The Center Square) – Water was rising fast and 90-year-old Katherine Jowers, who's lived in the same North Carolina home 54 years, wasn't sure what to do.

The water “started creeping up pretty fast,” Jowers recounted in an interview... Read more


Feds sending millions in Helene funding for national forests, parks

Sat, 09 Nov 2024
Feds sending millions in Helene funding for national forests, parks

(The Center Square) – Federal lands in western North Carolina are set to receive more than $30 million in emergency funding for infrastructure repairs in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

The funding comes as part of $43 million total... Read more


Helene: Federal legislation seeks $15B in assistance

Fri, 08 Nov 2024
Helene: Federal legislation seeks $15B in assistance

(The Center Square) – Two bills have been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives directed at disaster relief following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and other states in the South.

Authored by U.S. Rep.... Read more


VIDEO: Month after Helene, help shifts to preparing for winter

Mon, 04 Nov 2024
VIDEO: Month after Helene, help shifts to preparing for winter

(The Center Square) – In the weeks after Hurricane Helene, the Davis Country Store and Cafe in Old Fort, North Carolina, served an estimated 23,000 meals to the community, acting as a hub for recovery efforts in the small town of 600 that was devastated.

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Helene: Key Tennessee, Carolinas interstate reopens

Sun, 03 Nov 2024
Helene: Key Tennessee, Carolinas interstate reopens

(The Center Square) – Interstate 26, a key crossing for drivers near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, has reopened to the relief of Unicoi County residents.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation reopened the interstate on Wednesday after... Read more


South Carolina sheriff under fire for refusing to cooperate with ICE

Sat, 02 Nov 2024
South Carolina sheriff under fire for refusing to cooperate with ICE

(The Center Square) – A South Carolina sheriff is under fire for refusing to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

U.S. House representatives who chair the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability subcommittees are demanding answers from... Read more


Grant program brings region together

Tue, 29 Oct 2024
Grant program brings region together

(The Center Square) – When Gayle Manchin became the federal cochairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, she noticed something that sparked a grant program benefiting all of the 13 states.

"What I saw was 13 states doing these phenomenal... Read more


Coalition joins Virginia in SCOTUS appeal over 'noncitizen' voters

Tue, 29 Oct 2024
Coalition joins Virginia in SCOTUS appeal over 'noncitizen' voters

(The Center Square) – A coalition of 24 state attorneys general has joined Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the commonwealth’s removal of “self-identified noncitizens” from voter rolls.

Miyares announced late Sunday... Read more


State leaders call on large businesses to end DEI policies

Mon, 28 Oct 2024
State leaders call on large businesses to end DEI policies

(The Center Square) – A coalition of state officials and business leaders are publicly calling on Fortune 1,000 companies to end their controversial workplace policies.

The letters come as Democrats and Republicans publicly battle over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion... Read more


Hurricanes: Six states request fiscal aid from Congress

Wed, 23 Oct 2024
Hurricanes: Six states request fiscal aid from Congress

(The Center Square) – Citing fall harvest losses at the top of a list, respective state House of Representatives leaders from North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have petitioned Congress for fiscal assistance.

The Monday letter... Read more