County, state officials weigh in on Confederate monument
(World News USA)

While protesters call for the removal of a monument dedicated to Greenwood`s Confederate soldiers that stands on the county courthouse grounds, others in Columbia are calling for the repeal of a law that prohibits local officials from making any decision about the monument. The Heritage Act, a law passed as part of a compromise to remove the Confederate battle flag from atop the Statehouse in 2000, blocks the removal of monuments, markers and other fixtures from public property. If the monument is named or erected in honor of the Confederacy or the civil rights movement and is located on city, county or state property, it requires a two-thirds majority vote by both houses of the General...