What your government is doing, in plain English
New bills and updates from Congress and South Carolina, explained without the jargon.
U.S. Congress
- Lets some clergy rejoin Social Security and Medicare
- Extends fees for oil and gas drilling permits
- Sends federal money to boost school mental health services
- Gives grants for extra pay and safety for health care workers
South Carolina
- Sends one-time state money to many local projects
- Sets state spending and rules for the coming year
- Raises the retirement age limit for judges to 74
- Requires shrimp labels at restaurants serving imported shrimp
- Expands paid parental leave for South Carolina state workers
- Lets owners remove people who illegally occupy homes
- Gives Civil Air Patrol members paid time off for missions and training
- Lets gyms send contract renewal notices electronically
- Bars big banks from denying services over religion or speech
- Requires American-made iron and steel in state-funded public works
- Requires lawmaker approval for costly state rules
- Requires hospitals to give patients itemized bills
- Sets up state commissioners for a federal constitutional convention
- Lets lawmakers return after session ends to finish budget
- Lets some people clear certain check fraud records
- Extends highway program and allows federal lawsuits over environmental reviews
- Changes South Carolina unemployment tax rules and penalties
- Lets banks pause suspicious transactions for older adults
- Bans fishing on J. Foster Jeffords Causeway
- Removes old eviction records from public view after seven years
- Changes rules for Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority
- Lets hospitals use beds in hallways during emergencies
- Moves consumer affairs department under governor's control
- Directs transfer of Barnwell Armory to county
- Sets licensing rules for insurance adjusters in South Carolina
- Lets retiree health trusts buy certain corporate debt
- Sets licensing and rules for wellness reimbursement programs
- Changes red drum fishing limits, hook rules, and deer tags
- Lets cities add a sales tax for property tax relief
- Limits fees charged to help veterans with benefit claims