By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
I’m back! Holy moly, Nashville was hot! And I’m not referring to the chicken. It was 100 degrees during Saturday night’s (outdoor) Foo Fighters concert. I got home around midnight last night due to plane delays, so bear with me as I catch up on emails.
“It’s not like we’re carving it out of granite anymore. We’re putting polish on it.” - Sen. Greg Hembree, R-Little River, on the potential passage of legislation next year.
Steven Burritt, regional executive director for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, leads a news conference at the Statehouse in February. (File photo by Adrian Ashford/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
The official death knell of two bills means South Carolina’s laws on driving under the influence won’t get stricter this year, and sales of THC-infused products continue without limitations. Compromises had been in legislative purgatory since June. But legislators didn’t vote on them last week, and they don’t plan to return this year.
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