WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Carlstar for Disability Discrimination * Tire Manufacturer Terminated Employees for Using Prescription Medications, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - The Carlstar Group LLC, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of specialty tires and wheels, violated federal law when it discriminated against employees at its facilities in Clinton and Jackson, Tennessee, and Aiken, South  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 4 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis by Zach Edwards and Nathan Sumner: * * * Impact of Tariffs on Our Region's Firms Introduction Given recent changes in U.S. tariff policy, we asked Fifth District firms how they expected to be affected by tariff policy in March. At the time, 80 percent of respondent businesses expected to be impacted. In our May surveys, we checked in with firms and found that 72 percent of respon  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Nikki Hall White, a former chairwoman of the South Carolina Public Service Commission, has cautioned the U.S. Department of Justice against applying broad antitrust principles to the energy utility sector. She argues that such an approach risks harming consumers and undermining the stability, affordability, and reliability crucial to this vital sector. White, from Washington, D.C., offered comments on the Antitrust Division's announcement regarding its Anticompetitive Regu  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Statement on Visit to Germany * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today released this statement following his visit to Berlin, Germany. "I had a very productive visit to Berlin, Germany. I met with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The purpose of the visit was to infor  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Operation Results in More Than 70 Illegal Alien Arrests at Cartel-Run Night Club near Charleston * One of the illegal aliens arrested is a foreign fugitive wanted for homicide in Honduras WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the following statement after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 72 illegal aliens at a nightclub run by a suspe  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 4 -- The South Carolina Public Service Commission issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * PSC Schedules Allowable Ex Parte Briefing for 8.20.25 The Public Service Commission has scheduled an allowable ex parte communication briefing for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025, at the request of Southern Electric Reliability Corporation (SERC). The topic of discussion will extreme weather and grid hardening. This hearing will take place at the   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson, Nadler Reintroduce Bill Providing a Tax Credit to Living Organ Donors Washington, D.C. - Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act. The bill will provide a $5,000, one-time, refundable tax credit to living organ donors who were not reimbursed for the costs of organ donation by the National Living Organ Donor Assistance Cen  more