In Episode 57, Bill & Jumelle watch a most impassioned speech from SC Rep Jermaine Johnson who was beside himself over efforts to ban DEI.

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In Episode 58, Bill & Jumelle hear first-hand from SC House Rep Heather Bauer how the anti-DEI bill passed.

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In Episode 57, Bill & Jumelle watch as SC Representative April Cromer discusses mental disorders by providing a public example. This is Part 1.

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"A bipartisan bill introduced at the Statehouse this year would require private insurers to cover the cost of follow-up diagnostic tests if doctors have concerns. Federal law already requires insurers to pay the entire cost of annual mammograms for women over 40. But that requirement refers only to the initial visit — not any additional steps needed to diagnose or rule out cancer."

This is H 3202 sponsored by Davis, Pope, Spann-Wilder, M.M. Smith, B.L. Cox, Holman, Wetmore, Cobb-Hunter, Bauer, Crawford, B.J. Cox, Sanders and Schuessler.

This has been sitting in a House Committee since Jan 14, 2025 and hasn't budged an inch. It needs to be fast-tracked when they return to session next January!

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In Episode 57, Bill & Jumelle get out the popcorn as they watch SC Republicans go after each other during a budget debate.

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In Episode 56, Bill and Jumelle review how the South Carolina Freedom Caucus opposes tuition mitigation for our state's public universities and colleges.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-college-tuition-rates-frozen-153648911.html

In-state college tuition rates have been frozen in SC for 5 years. That may change

“We want to give (colleges) some sort of flexibility, because it’s a broken model,” said state Rep. Nathan Ballentine, R-Richland.

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In Episode 56, Bill hypes the single topic that drives the next two episodes: The 21-hour SC House budget debate!

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In Episode 57, Bill & Jumelle watch SC Rep Annie McDaniel offer an amendment to prevent state dollars from funding white supremacy programs. Did it pass?

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In Episode 57, Bill & Jumelle watch as the budget debate stalls for several hours as the SC House Freedom Caucus looks to defund the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium.

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S.C. Sea Grant Consortium - S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

In Episode 58, Bill & Jumelle SC House Rep Heather Bauer why she would get up to speak on her own amendment and then just table it.

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