New Law Increases S.C. Cell Phone Fees

New laws in South Carolina extend taxes to cellphones and fix a quirk in campaign finance law that has entangled many state officials.

Those are among the dozens of measures passed by the Legislature in the final weeks of its session.

Cellphone users will share the cost of phone services for rural customers and people with disabilities under a law Gov. Nikki Haley signed Wednesday. Starting in January, the state's 1 million landline customers will pay less as fees extend to 4.5 million cellphones.

People running for office no longer have to abide by a quirky fundraising restriction if they advance to a primary runoff.

Bills that Haley signed Thursday require schools to teach the United States' "founding principles," and elementary school teachers must undergo training in dyslexia before August.