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COLUMBIA — In the only scheduled gubernatorial debate before the election, Democrat Jermaine Johnson and Republican Alan Wilson sparred Tuesday night over questions about data centers, Medicaid expansion, and a state hate crime. Perhaps more surprising is where they agreed. In a state where legislators debate abortion…
South Carolina is spending $10 million to help more teachers pay off or erase their student loans.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text, or chat 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In January, South Carolina will swear-in its first new governor in 10 years. If you’ve heard our current
The Virginia State Corporation Commission will allow documents detailing an internal investigation into NextEra Energy’s failed attempt to acquire Jacksonville, Florida’s public utility to be included in deliberations of the company’s $67 billion proposed merger with Dominion Energy. “I find the requested information…
So far, SC colleges and trade schools have yet to seek approval for training programs under a recently expanded Pell Grant program.
For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the United States as an herbal supplement, available in powders, capsules and extracts with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances. But the market is changing. Products containing a potentially dangerous kratom derivative known…
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit this week from SC civil rights groups over state absentee voting assistance rules.
“Ostomy” may not be a word you recognize, but chances are you know someone living with one. I came into the ostomy community through my father, Liney Guidry. Because of the unique challenges he faced and overcame with his ostomy, I saw firsthand the paralyzing physical and emotional impact of living with an ostomy. It
While South Carolina State University is the least compliant with the state's "program productivity" standards, it’s far from the only public university offering degrees with little-to-no participation.
South Carolina’s Arts Commission denied grant funding to a pair of LGBTQ+ arts groups in the Upstate.
High-dollar upgrades to athletic facilities remain essential to fans, team personnel, players and prospects, even in an era where sponsorship contracts and court-mandated revenue sharing for players has reshaped the sport.
During last year’s interruption in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as food stamps, I was given the names of more than 100 people who would go without food if we didn’t act. We mobilized funds, packed grocery bags, baked casseroles, and started making deliveries. One evening, I drove…
Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down.
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the country’s economic center of gravity continues to move south. My new report, Accelerating South, captures the scale of that shift: the American South is now a roughly $6 trillion regional economy, outpacing both the Northeast and the Pacific while attracting…
A company that makes wood paneling, crown moulding, and other pine construction products plans to invest $216M in a SC manufacturing plant.
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week before the midterms. The rapid emergence of the technology has sparked a host of policy debates, with some warning of an…
Former state Supreme Court Justice John Few has re-entered private practice after 26 years on the bench, opening his own law firm.
For 30 years, the South Carolina Charter Schools Act has stood as one of our state’s most consequential public education reforms. Public charter schools are public, tuition-free schools that give families additional options and educators room to create distinctive programs within a framework of public accountability…
USC inked a deal with nuclear giant Westinghouse related to the school’s plans for a nuclear workforce training center.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation, provide certain antitrust protections to the NCAA…
More than a month after the latest tariffs on Canadian-made products were enacted, the trade war’s impact on South Carolina’s economy is still difficult to assess, even as further restrictions on Canadian imports take effect Tuesday. “It’s hard to speculate on specifically what impacts tariffs will have at this…
Darlene Dunmeyer-Roberson denied the charges of sharing confidential information and getting her campaign manager a job raised in a state inspection.
USC women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley is lending her time and name to a new leadership program at the college.
There are 65 Department of Motor Vehicles locations across the state of South Carolina, and every day, thousands of South Carolinians walk through our doors to renew their license, register a vehicle, or access one of the many other services we offer. Most people think of the DMV as a place that handles paperwork. What
When it comes to college students who choose to move and make SC their home, the decision of whether to grant a lower rate lies with universities.
TOWNVILLE — Things like this can’t happen here. A school shooting can’t happen here. Not in this quiet, tight-knit rural community of rolling fields and roadside vegetable stands. Not in this village (population 3,913) whose history reaches back two centuries to a post office that opened in 1836 and a Presbyterian…
Without more funding, USC's Palmetto College may have to stop accepting high school students who want an early start on a college degree.
Before there was Helene, there was Katrina. The destructive Category 5 hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005 convinced Alex Webber to move from Louisiana to the mountains of western North Carolina. Webber thought she’d found a climate-safe area in the picturesque town of Marshall until 2024, when Hurricane…
A project to wring more capacity out of existing power lines will help suppliers like PPL Electric Utilities improve reliability and affordability for customers, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday. As the energy industry scrambles to meet surging electricity demand, largely from AI data centers, the U.S…
Larry White performed a rap for the judge just before receiving three life sentences for joining a mob that killed three.
After the hearing, Darline Graham of South Carolina was among GOP senators, athletes and advocates who participated in a news conference blasting the inclusion of trans athletes on women’s sports teams.
COLUMBIA — During his tenure as South Carolina’s attorney general, Gov. Henry McMaster fought in court to retrieve a trove of Civil War gubernatorial papers removed from the capital in 1865 and found in a closet roughly 135 years later by a descendant of a Confederate general. Arguing the 444 documents belonged to the…
Military leaders praised the state's education efforts while worrying about having enough housing for service members.
The South Carolina State Ports Authority retroactively voted on the nearly $1 million payout to its former CEO but denied it did anything to violate state laws.
I spent an afternoon calling more than 50 childcare centers in one Sumter ZIP code. I called every single one. A mother we were trying to help had an infant and a school-age child, whose father had been deployed. She needed care for both children on a schedule that didn’t align with 9 a.m. to
A lawsuit from businesses and conservation groups paused a previously approved two-month season to catch the prized fish.
A company that makes high-voltage electrical cable is expanding its manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Just one in 10 of the students initially enrolled in the program's first year submitted viable testing results, an oversight agency found.
The SC chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state Election Commission, accusing its members of illegally conducting public business behind closed doors.
The rising cost of diesel fuel is threatening the livelihood of South Carolina’s truckers and forcing operational changes at the Port of Charleston.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday took another step forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill to overhaul the college sports world.
SC regulators are seeking an emergency takeover of a retirement-focused insurance firm the agency argues is at risk of defaulting on customer payouts.
COLUMBIA — Owners of utility task vehicles can start driving the small, enclosed vehicles on public roads this year under a new law. The vehicles, which are popular among farmers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts, have existed for years in a legal gray area, without clear requirements or bans on where they can…
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy.
The videos are meant to get children interested in conservation, biology and animal care, the state agency said.
Steven Bixby, 59, received a pause in receiving a death warrant to hear claims of delusions and bizarre beliefs.
State lawmakers failed to produce a state budget on time, but they were far more decisive when it came to almost doubling their own compensation. Many South Carolinians may question whether elected officials deserve a significant pay increase while many South Carolina families struggle with rising housing costs, gas…
SC Gov. Henry McMaster announced federal grant awards made to rural healthcare providers under the new Rural Health Transformation Program.
Watchdog nonprofits argued Gov. Henry McMaster's deployment went beyond his powers in state law, but his attorneys disagreed.
Cerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him. Virginia state law required couples with children, like the Fairfaxes, to wait a year before being allowed to file for divorce. Cerina’s husband, former Virginia Lt…
WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Senate set to hold a procedural vote in the coming days on a sweeping bill to overhaul college sports, dueling press conferences Monday underscored the fierce debate over how to tackle the biggest issues plaguing that landscape. Supporters of a bipartisan measure to set national standards…
James Robertson's attorneys said he may not want to drop his appeals if he can get the right medicine, which the prison stopped offering.
A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts. The E-Rate program provides about $3 billion annually for internet access and…
A committee of senators met for the first time this week to talk about potential sweeping changes to the state's tax code.
Some SC law enforcement are doubling down on the use of Flock cameras, even as scrutiny of the surveillance devices has mounted nationwide.
On a rural stretch of land in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, an open meadow filled with bright wildflowers, a memorial grove of trees and a giant boulder marks the spot where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. States Newsroom’s Pennsylvania Capital-Star Editor-in-Chief Tim Lambert recently revisited…
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s…
Teaching about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, remains vital in understanding what happened after, educators said.
WASHINGTON — A proposal by President Donald Trump to give $5,000 to each American adult if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November would “explode” the national deficit and worsen inflation, according to an analysis issued Thursday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal…
The American Civil Liberties Union report also encouraged the state to stop locking up teens for breaking laws that apply only to minors.
The University of South Carolina celebrates the 225th anniversary of its founding in 2026.
The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030.
"Textiles from the Deep: Findings from the H.L. Hunley Submarine" opens Oct.3 at The Charleston Museum
The U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority 250 current and former members of Congress say.
The Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and Proud Mary Theatre Company, two LGBTQ-related arts organizations in the Upstate, had been recommended for South Carolina Arts Commission grants through the agency’s normal review process. The agency’s governing board approved grants for more than 170 other organizations. But…
Lawmakers praised Sen. Roger Nutt's leadership on a law guaranteeing certain rights to nursing home residents
SC is preparing to rebuild 169-year-old slave cabin on the Redcliffe Plantation destroyed by Hurricane Helene.
Louis Winkler was out on bond when he shot and killed his wife, then hid from police for two weeks, leading to his conviction in 2008.
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Louisiana’s arguments for tightening federal policy around a common abortion and miscarriage drug.
At the Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center, we serve children and families who have experienced trauma no child or individual should ever have to go through. Last year, we served 1,190 children, up almost 500 since 2024, and other organizations like ours across the country are witnessing abuse and traumatic events…
Over the past decade and a half, about 60% of SC college grads went to work in the Palmetto State in the year after receiving their diploma.
“College athletics is meant for just that, college students!” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson wrote on social media in response.
As Sen. Darline Graham prepares to take on Democrat Annie Andrews in the U.S. Senate race, she's inherited much of her deceased brother’s political machine.
Legislators made a gentlemen's agreement not to send money directly to nonprofits in the spirit of accountability.
COLUMBIA — For those attending South Carolina’s opening football game Saturday against Kent State, it will be a new experience at Williams-Brice Stadium. They’ll be some confusion, a bit of frustration, maybe some dust as crews worked through this week to complete phase one of what the university calls a “reimagined”…
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s July 2026 appointment of Darline Graham to fill the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term — and her subsequent decision to run for the seat — may seem unusual. After all, Darline Graham has no experience in elected office and was virtually unknown outside of…
Democrat Jermaine Johnson defied odds in June, walloping two primary opponents despite being far outspent. As he seeks to make history in November, he says his campaign strategy isn't changing.
The questions justices answered cropped up as part of a broader federal case about whether the secrecy law is constitutional.
South Carolina is the 36th state to say it will stop pulling the benefits, though the change can't start until next year.
This series is named for the Jericho Road, where in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, a man was beaten and left on the side of the road, and for Martin Luther King Jr.’s insistence that we eventually have to ask why that road keeps producing victims. I never expected to find that story so
The board member may have failed to file her taxes, racked up late fees from the district and lived outside the county, the report found.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 22 states sued Amazon Monday, claiming the online retail company used artificial bids to inflate costs for advertisers, bringing in tens of billions of dollars. The complaint alleges that Amazon used an “invented auction participant” to drive up prices for…
Rep. Julie Casimiro is ending her final term in office early, confirming in a Monday afternoon email to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office that she is resigning at the close of the day. The three-paragraph email, obtained by Rhode Island Current, comes amid mounting pressure for Casimiro to give up…
The student moved out of the state after experiencing harassment for being transgender, his attorneys saidThe student moved out of the state after experiencing harassment for being transgender, his attorneys said.
Have you ever stopped to watch a butterfly or bee perched on a flower feasting on the nectar and then followed it as it flew to another flower? If so, you witnessed pollination in action. This essential exchange is the attraction of the new Carolina Wildlife Garden now open at the South Carolina State Museum.
USC has been on a massive construction spree while also setting new records around enrollment, fundraising and state dollars to fund it.
The South Carolina Historic Black Schools Preservation Network is meant to help pool resources and knowledge in saving Black schools.
Major areas of trade between the two countries that are subjected to tariffs include automobiles, industrial supplies, steel, iron and aluminum.
South Carolina wasn't among five states under a federal court order to halt changes, but the USDA asked for a delay.
SC utility regulators ruled a data center that wants to generate its own power is not subject to the same regulatory process as power plants.
South Carolina is among states where legislation was proposed, but the bill went nowhere in the last session.
In my work, I keep watching different women arrive at the same dead end. The details change, but the underlying story rarely does. It goes like this: she gets the job and then loses it before the 90-day probation period because she couldn’t make it through with zero days of paid time off. Or she
Work to replace bridges near "Malfunction Junction," a snarled interchange near Columbia, is underway, state transportation officials said.
Meta settled a 47-state lawsuit and vowed to make its social media platforms safer for children. South Carolina’s share is at least $247M.
COLUMBIA — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the GOP nomination for the next six-year Senate term with wide support over all but one swath of the state, according to unofficial state Election Commission results. The final tally Tuesday night showed Graham with 52.5% of the nearly 369,000 total votes cast. The 5…
I stared at my phone, waiting for the interview of my life. Dolly Parton was scheduled to call to promote the first national tour of her musical “9 to 5” at Greenville’s Peace Center. This was January 2011, when I was an arts writer at The Greenville News. But Dolly was 10 minutes late. Would
Future budgets will include similar amounts for both chambers and no direct funding for nonprofits, legislators said.
COLUMBIA — Voters elected Darline Graham to take her late brother’s place on November ballots, as the full backing of President Donald Trump helped overcome criticism of her political inexperience. When The Associated Press called the GOP runoff election at 9:01 p.m., Graham had 52% of the vote over U.S. Rep. Ralph…
Two teams of federal election observers are in Charleston County for routine monitoring of the special GOP primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday touted a national private school voucher program set to launch in early 2027. During a White House Rose Garden event celebrating the back-to-school season, Trump and McMahon lauded the incoming federal school choice effort along…