COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: * * * 8 Charged in North Charleston Public Corruption Schemes, including 3 City Councilmen CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Eight people have been charged in federal court for a series of bribery, kickback, extortion, and money laundering schemes following a public corruption investigation in North Charleston. Three of the individuals charged are elected members of the  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Carolina - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.4 percent in Sou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has released the following public communication on Feb. 18, 2025, from Matt Martin, chief operating officer at Elevated Technologies Inc., Charleston, South Carolina: * * * Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - Request for Comments on Possible Revisions for 2027 Docket ID: USBC-2024-0032 * * * I am writing to formally request a revision of the North American Indus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Graham Statement On House Adopting Its Budget Resolution WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement after the House of Representatives adopted the House Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res 14). "I appreciate the House's efforts to begin the process of passing a reconciliation bill. "I look forward to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Chairman Graham Statement On House Adopting Its Budget Resolution WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement after the House of Representatives adopted the House Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res 14). "I appreciate the House's efforts to begin the proce  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 25, 2025 AIR FORCE Stocks-Mann Architects PLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0003); SCM Architects PLLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0005); Architecture Plus Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0006); and Gurri Matute Cromwell JV LLC, Miami, Florida (FA4460-25-D-0007), were awarded a $15,000,000 ceiling, firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 26, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics NASSCO-Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington, is awarded a $654,668,551 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost-plus-award fee/cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Aircraft Carrier shipyard availabilities. This contract includes a five-year base and a one year option, for a six year total ordering period which, if exercised, would brin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, Alaska, and 47 collaborators: * * * Joint Public Comment Submitted by 48 Organizations in Response to the U.S. EPA's "Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts" Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360 * * * The Coming Clean Network's Cumulative Impacts/Mandatory Emissions Reduction (CI/ME  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Feb. 21, 2025, from Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health INPowering Communities: * * * We are writing in response to the Federal Register notice at Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360. The Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts provides EPA with a foundation to incorporate analysis and consideration of cumulative impacts (CI) into p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from Century Aluminum Co., Chicago, Illinois, Executive Vice President John DeZee: * * * To: The Honorable Lee Zeldin Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Re: Comments on the Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; South Carolina; Minor Source Permit Program Revisions; Docket ID No.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Joint Economic Committee Senior House Democrat Beyer's Opening Remarks In House Floor Debate Opposing Republican Budget Resolution Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), the senior House Democrat on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, delivered the following remarks to open debate against H. Con. Res. 14, the House budget resolution setting up Republicans' reconciliation legislation to cut Medicaid and lower ta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, issued the following news release: * * * Mace Announces Hearing on Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement WASHINGTON--Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled "Leveraging Technology   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * MACE SUPPORTS TRUMP-BACKED BILL TO CUT TAXES, WASTE, AND RECKLESS SPENDING (Washington, D.C., February 25th 2025) -- Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) voted in favor of the House GOP budget resolution (link is external), a Trump-endorsed plan to cut reckless spending, protect taxpayers, and restore economic sanity to Washington, all while advancing key priorities from President Donald Trump's Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace to Chair Hearing on Using Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement (Washington, D.C., February 26th, 2025)--House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will lead a hearing titled "Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement." The hearing will examine how advanced technology  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Wicker, Griffith Push Back on EPA Overreach WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Rubber Tire Manufacturing National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rule. Amendments to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Wicker, Griffith Push Back on EPA Overreach U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Rubber Tire Manufacturing National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rule. Amendments to NESH  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Moves to Reauthorize Sickle Cell Treatment Program WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation to reauthorize the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program, which was last reauthorized in 2018. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited bloo  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 26 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson backs Trump executive order ending federal funding for gender transitions for kids (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he's joined a 23-state coalition filing a friend-of-the-court brief supporting President Trump's Executive Order, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation. "S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Reduces Federal Overreach in Charter Schools Program The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has reigned in the federal government's influence over state Charter School Program (CSP) grant awards. The Department removed a requirement set by the Biden Administration that the U.S. Secretary of Education review information on how states approve select ent  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Statement on Title IX Compliance Office for Civil Rights commends Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association, which have changed their athletic policies to conform to President Trump's Executive Order and antidiscrimination laws. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights today rele  more