Gavin Jackson
Post & Courier
Columbia, SC, United States
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Shootings, election fuel gun sales, permit application increase in S.C.
COLUMBIA — Want to apply for a concealed weapon permit in South Carolina? Be prepared to wait, in some cases, for 11 weeks or longer to get one. → Read More
Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson boosted Haley group coffers
COLUMBIA — Conservative mega-fundraisers Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers gave Gov. Nikki Haley’s political advocacy group a major infusion of cash to help in her bid to remove four Republican state Senate rivals in primaries this → Read More
Berkeley schools won’t change transgender bathroom policy
MONCKS CORNER — With just three school days left in the year, the Berkeley County School District on Tuesday opted not to change its decision regarding transgender student bathroom use. → Read More
House approves billions of dollars for roads, reform
COLUMBIA — The House gave key approval Tuesday to the state’s best shot at improving roads this year in a bill that sends reforms and billions of dollars to fix crumbling highways to the state Department of Transportation. → Read More
Berkeley County transgender bathroom bill dead for now
COLUMBIA -- The Statehouse bill designed to reverse a Berkeley County School District policy where students could use restrooms with which they gender-identify was killed in the Senate on Tuesday. → Read More
Clementa Pinckney portrait to be unveiled
COLUMBIA — A dark pin-striped suit adorned with a state Senate tie clip on the lapel. A favorite tie emerging like his beaming eyes behind familiar glasses but as bright as his smile. → Read More
Senate stalls on Berkeley transgender bathroom bill
COLUMBIA — The Statehouse bill that would return the Berkeley County School District’s bathroom gender rule to where it was a month ago stalled Thursday at the urging of education and economic officials worried about the potential fallo → Read More
$40 million farm aid bill becomes law
COLUMBIA -- The Senate finalized $40 million in assistance for flood-affected farmers, following a move by the House to reject Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of the bill. → Read More
$40 million farm aid bill becomes law with Senate veto override
COLUMBIA — The S.C. Senate finalized $40 million in assistance for flood-affected farmers, following a move by the House and rejecting Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of the bill. → Read More
Roads bond bill advances in S.C. House
COLUMBIA — A bond bill is one step closer to paying to fix more than $4 billion worth of road and bridge needs across the state. → Read More
S.C. House overturns Haley’s farm aid veto
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina House of Representatives overturned Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto Tuesday leaving just a Senate vote between flood-affected farmers and $40 million in aid. → Read More
Haley vetoes $40 million farm aid bill
COLUMBIA -- Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed the $40 million farm aid package she called a “bailout” for farmers affected by October floods. → Read More
Haley vs. Leatherman: The $2 million S.C. Senate race
FLORENCE — The chatter is growing from the Statehouse to the heart of the Pee Dee about the political vulnerability of Senate leader Hugh Leatherman. → Read More
Graham’s anti-Trump sentiment won’t hurt at home
COLUMBIA — Despite backtracking on his pledge to support the GOP presidential nominee, Sen. Lindsey Graham is not expected to suffer much fallout from party leaders or voters at the ballot box in 2020, some political observers say. → Read More
Gov. Nikki Haley declares she will veto $40M farm aid bill
COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley told Republican Party faithful she would veto a $40 million farm aid bill for flood affected farmers and praised state lawmakers for passing ethics reform on stage at the state Republican Party Convention Saturday. → Read More
Refugee monitoring bill narrowly advances in S.C. House
COLUMBIA -- A bill that would require the state to monitor and track refugees who relocate to South Carolina narrowly advanced Thursday as opponents decried it as un-American. → Read More
House gets first look at $2.2 billion roads bill
COLUMBIA — Lawmakers on a House budget panel began work Wednesday to advance a multi-billion roads bond bill the Senate overwhelmingly approved last week. → Read More
Palmetto Sunrise: April squabbles bring May budget talks
COLUMBIA -- The table is set for the South Carolina Legislature’s final month of the 2016 session--any bills that may become laws have crossed over to the opposite chamber this week and Senate budget deliberations will start Tuesday. → Read More
Lawmakers approve alimony, roads and prostitution bills
COLUMBIA — Several key bills cleared the Senate and House Wednesday ahead of a pivotal deadline for legislation this week in the Statehouse. → Read More
Senate advances bills dealing with roads, opioids, airbags
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Senate is poised for a roads debate showdown as critical approval to send billions to fix state roads hit a bump Tuesday. → Read More