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Three things to know from the South Carolina State House this week
Listed below are the highest three takeaways from the South Carolina State Home this previous week.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — On the State Home, the week earlier than Easter was considerably quiet within the South Carolina legislature, nonetheless, three main issues occurred.
First, Governor Henry McMaster signed a invoice into regulation formally including South Carolina to the conference of states. This makes the Palmetto State the nineteenth state to affix the listing of others that need to suggest amendments to the U.S. Structure. 34 states might want to signal on to make it occur.
Second, a gaggle of senators labored on the $14 billion state funds. The Home handed the spending plan in March, now it’s the Senate’s flip. The panel of lawmakers spoke at size Wednesday about easy methods to put cash in lecture rooms.
Senator Sean Bennett stated throughout the assembly that, “each faculty district in South Carolina underneath this plan receives more cash than they acquired final 12 months.”
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Senator Mike Fanning pushed for more cash for trainer salaries. “If there was ever a 12 months to present as a lot cash as we are able to to lecturers, that is the 12 months,” Fanning stated Wednesday.
The Senate committee is proposing to boost the minimal trainer wage from $36,000 to $38,000, which is $2,000 lower than the Home’s plan. The funds plan handed the committee and may now be taken up by the complete Senate.
Lastly, a Senate subcommittee labored with state election officers to move a invoice that would enable early voting statewide.
The invoice may enable for polls to be speak in confidence to two weeks forward of an election, and voters can forged a poll early, no excuse wanted.
Howard Knapp, the State Election Fee director stated Tuesday that early voting is simpler for ballot staff and the fee to deal with than the present absentee voting in-person course of. “Early voting is like voting on election day, we already know what we’re doing and we all know easy methods to do it,” stated Knapp.
The invoice would require polls to be open on the Saturday earlier than an election from 8:30 a.m. to six p.m., and counties may lengthen that to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., in accordance with Senator Chip Campsen.
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The measure has widespread assist. It handed the Home unanimously and has now been placed on particular order, that means the complete Senate can take it up as early as this Tuesday.
Each the Senate and Home gavel in at midday Tuesday, April 19.
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Democratic South Carolina House member has law license suspended after forgery complaint – ABC Columbia
FILE – Democratic South Carolina state Rep. Marvin Pendarvis speaks against a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 in Columbia, S.C. Pendarvis had his law license suspended Friday, May 17, 2024, by the state’s Supreme Court after a former client accused him of forging his signature to reach a settlement in a lawsuit without his permission. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
(AP) — A legislator in South Carolina has had his law license suspended after a former client accused him of forging his signature to reach a settlement in a lawsuit without his permission.
Democratic Rep. Marvin Pendarvis cannot practice law until the state Supreme Court lifts the suspension, justices said Friday in a written order.
The order didn’t detail why the Office of Disciplinary Counsel recommended the suspension. Pendarvis has not responded publicly to the lawsuit against him by former client Adrian Lewis. A call to his law office number went unanswered Friday.
Lewis has hired a different lawyer who held a news conference detailing the malpractice allegations against Pendarvis after filing a lawsuit last month.
Lewis sued the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office over his arrest in 2021. Pendarvis told him his case was worth up to $325,000 but then settled it for $10,000 without Lewis knowing, the new lawyer said.
According to the lawsuit, Pendarvis ignored Lewis’ questions for weeks. Then once Lewis learned of the settlement, Pendarvis offered him $75,000 cash out of his trust fund for clients when Lewis threatened to sue.
Pendarvis then sent Lewis several text messages asking him not to sue.
“Let’s handle this (expletive). No need to try and hurt me man. I can help you,” Pendarvis wrote Lewis in text messages filed with the lawsuit.
Pendarvis is running for a fifth term in the House from his North Charleston district. He has no competition either in June’s Democratic primary or the November general election.
Sports gaming fans and college football fans, in general, have waited *checks notes* quite literally over a decade for this moment to arrive. College Football is set to have a new video game back on the shelves in mid-July this Summer. Certain checkpoints along the way have served as reminders of how much closer we all are to the release date, and we reached another one on Friday morning as EA Sports released their official trailer for College Football 25.
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The South Carolina Gamecocks were included in the trailer at the 1:20 mark, but I’ll let you watch that at your own discretion because, admittedly, it doesn’t paint the Garnet and Black in the greatest light. Game modes such as Dynasty and Road To Glory, which were fixtures in the game years ago, will return, along with some new additions like College Football Ultimate Team and Road To The College Football Playoff as well. The aforementioned information is from EA themselves, and you can find more information here.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Christian Moore continued his record-breaking season with another stellar performance in No. 1/1 Tennessee’s 9-3 series-opening victory over No. 24 South Carolina on Thursday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The junior slugger claimed sole possession of the Volunteers’ single-season home run record after hitting a pair of mammoth blasts in his first two at-bats of the game, giving him 26 for the season, surpassing Sonny Cortez’s previous record of 24 set back in 1998.
With Moore’s two-homer night, Tennessee has had 15 multi-home run games from eight players this season. Moore leads the way with four, followed closely by Amick and Dreiling, who have three apiece.
Moore finished with a game-high three hits and three runs scored to pace the Big Orange to their 20th SEC victory of the year, marking the third time in the past four seasons that UT has reached the 20-win plateau in conference play.
Kavares Tears and Dylan Dreiling also homered in the win as Tennessee recorded its 18th game this season with four or more long balls.
Tears’ three-run shot in the third inning gave the Vols some breathing room, extending their lead to 5-1, while Dreiling’s two-run blast in the seventh capped the scoring for the Big Orange (44-10, 20-8 SEC).
The Vols and Gamecocks square off again on Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network+ and ESPN app.
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