Russ McKinney
Reporter, ProducerRuss McKinney has 30 years of experience in radio news and public affairs. He is a former broadcast news reporter in Spartanburg, Columbia and Atlanta. He served as Press Secretary to former S.C. Governor Dick Riley for two terms, and for 20 years was the chief public affairs officer for the University of South Carolina.
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A debate regarding House Bill 3694, known as "Constitutional Carry," heads into second week.
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“We need power, and we need a lot of it, and we need to take action today," Duke Energy Carolinas President Michael Callahan bluntly told state lawmakers.
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Will the S.C. Legislature change the way most judges are vetted and elected in South Carolina? A debate is raging in the Statehouse over how much influence legislators should have in who becomes a state judge.
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House Ethics Committee Chairman Jay Jordan said that in light of the court ruling, so-called special interest caucuses can now operate similar to traditional caucuses.
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A state House committee hopes to fix questions competitive fairness between public and non-traditional schools.
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Recent gas tax increases allow SCDOT to dramatically ramp up road and bridge work.
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A federal judge in South Carolina has reiterated her June ruling that laws governing the organizing, fundraising and election activities of caucuses must apply to all legislative caucuses.
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Even though the General Assembly isn’t in session this summer the Republican controlled House of Representatives finds itself in turmoil following a recent federal court ruling which may have un-intentionally blown a hole in the state ethics act.
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This year’s session of the General Assembly officially ended this week. The Republican led legislature was able to enact a number of G-O-P priorities this session, such as a new six-week abortion law, reform of the state’s bail- bond system, combatting the fentanyl epidemic, streamlining DHEC the state’s public health agency, and approving a record-setting state budget.
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South Carolina is a step closer to having a six-week abortion law again.