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Apr 5, 2021

Rights Groups Sue Governor McMaster Over State Employee Return to In Person Work Order

Governor McMaster's return-to-in-person-work order ignores public health guidelines and the continuing serious health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and people with disabilities, people of color,...

Mar 22, 2021

Sheriff Kristin Graziano and the New Movement for Public Safety

There's a new sheriff in town, and she wants to reimagine public safety with the people of Charleston, South Carolina.

White background with "People's Budget Coalition" in block letters on the left. On the right is an image of a fist in the air in front of a sunrise. At the bottom, there is a black box with white writing that reads "Refund. Reallocate. Community Control."

Mar 17, 2021

South Carolina House Passes Legislation that would Grant Unprecedented Legal Immunity for Religious Groups

Today the South Carolina House passed H. 3105, which would forbid the government, including courts, from imposing any “monetary fine, fee, penalty, damage award, or injunction”...

Mar 8, 2021

Proposed Legislation Would Grant Unprecedented Legal Immunity for Religious Groups

These radical religious exemptions would be dangerous and blatantly unconstitutional. No criminal liability. No civil liability. A complete exemption from complying with any law whenever a religious...

Mar 3, 2021

ACLU of South Carolina Condemns Senate Decision to Resurrect the Electric Chair as South Carolina’s Default Method of Execution

South Carolina’s death penalty is racist, arbitrary, and error-prone. Today our state Senate ignored these realities and moved South Carolina one step closer to resurrecting the electric chair as the state...

Mar 1, 2021

Testimony of Chase Strangio in Opposition to H. 3477 (Anti-Trans Youth Legislation)

Such an extreme policy violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts South Carolina at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, and harms transgender...