By Jerry McConnell According to Robert Romano of NETRIGHTDAILY.com two State Representatives in South Carolina want to get their heads screwed on right by allowing the people of their state to be able to continue to screw incandescent light bulbs into the lighting fixtures in their homes in that … [Read more...]

By Robert Kittle COLUMBIA, S.C. -- State lawmakers have filed a bill aimed at getting around a federal phase-out of some incandescent light bulbs starting next year. The bill says if light bulbs were made in South Carolina and sold only here, and made without significant parts from other states, … [Read more...]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators have come up with a bright idea: make the Palmetto State a rebel and refuge for incandescent light makers. A bill filed last week by Republican state Reps. Bill Sandifer and Dwight Loftis encourages incandescent light bulb manufacturing in South Carolina. … [Read more...]

Bill Passed In House Would Give Drivers Insurance Discounts Legislation Would Require Insurance Companies To Offer Discounts For Completing Driver Training Course  A new bill passed by the South Carolina House would make it easier for drivers to get a discount on their car insurance. The … [Read more...]

By Ray Chandler COLUMBIA — Rep. Bill Sandifer said Thursday that Oconee County’s plans to build a broadband network would not be killed by bills in the legislature if they are passed in their present form. Sandifer said H 3508 merely upgrades state telecommunications laws to take into … [Read more...]

By Ron Barnett STAFF WRITER The New Year will bring new laws go­verning how much water can be re­moved from rivers and new protections for seriously ill patientswhowant to stay with a doctor who might no longer be included in their health insurance plans. Another would regulate commercials … [Read more...]

South Carolina Rep. Bill Sandifer, a Seneca Republican, has been reappointed to serve as chairman of the workers compensation committee for the National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Sandifer was appointed to the chairmanship this year by NCOIL President Rep. George Keiser of North Dakota. … [Read more...]

By Anna Mitchell ANDERSON -- Upstate lawmakers will continue to head three out of the state House's six standing committees going into the 2011 session next month. Every member of the House serves on one of that body's two senior committees -- Ways and Means and the Judiciary -- or … [Read more...]

6/22/2010 By JOSH McCANN, jmccann@islandpacket.com, 843-706-8145 Developers whose projects have stalled because of the recession will have more time to complete them under legislation recently passed by the General Assembly. In a widely supported bill that cited "a state of economic … [Read more...]

6/8/2010 By Ray Chandler WALHALLA — Eight-term House District 2 Representative Bill Sandifer is going back to the statehouse in Columbia. Sandifer handily won Tuesday's Republican primary over Seneca businessman and political newcomer Jonathan Redmond with 3,160 votes to Redmond's 2,526 … [Read more...]