11+ min ago  (1828+ words) A breakdown of the 8-4 vote Four senators who were absent voted by proxy, meaning they told a colleague how to vote for them: "Yes" in person: Republicans Richard Cash, Tom Fernandez, Billy Garrett, Matt Leber, and Chairman Danny Verdin "Yes…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (491+ words) This is not something shared lightly:" I will discourage my college-age daughters from returning to live in South Carolina as long as venal Republican legislators keep trying to make the state's already barbaric anti-abortion restrictions even stricter. These young women…...