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COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s GOP controlled South Carolina House kicked off efforts to redraw the voting lines for Congress. Five weeks ahead of South Carolina’s primaries, the House voted 87-25 along party lines Wednesday to add redistricting to a resolution governing what the Legislature can do after the regular session ends on May 14. The […]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators will get a pay raise later this year after the House added the increase into the chamber’s second draft of the state spending plan Wednesday. The proposal, added in a vote of 62-42, was part of the House’s $15.3 billion budget, which also included money for cost overruns at the […]

Across South Carolina, including in Orangeburg where I was born and raised, I’ve been hearing the same thing from folks I talk to every day. People feel uneasy. Not because they don’t believe in law and order, but because something about the way immigration enforcement is showing up in our communities doesn’t feel right. I […]

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Greenville.

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Columbia.

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Charleston, South Carolina.

COLUMBIA — Every year, hundreds of drones fly over the state’s prisons and military bases, but officials can do little to stop them. A bill a Senate panel advanced unanimously Tuesday would make it easier to punish the people operating them. The proposal, which the House passed unanimously last month, would expand no-fly zones and […]

COLUMBIA — Five weeks ahead of South Carolina’s primaries, House GOP leaders launched an attempt Tuesday to redraw South Carolina’s voting lines for Congress. “We will start a process to give ourselves options,” House Speaker Murrell Smith told reporters. That starts with votes Wednesday on whether to add redistricting to a resolution governing what the […]

Instacart examined Mother's Day gifts trends in South Carolina based on 2025 data.

Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Mays in South Carolina since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information

COLUMBIA — As the state considers how to fund its public colleges while keeping attendance affordable, particularly for South Carolinians, both Statehouse and university leaders are pushing schools to control their costs rather than continuously rely on taxpayer dollars to make up the difference. Earlier this year, legislators proposed requiring the state’s four-year universities, as […]

COLUMBIA — Earmarks are back after a year with no pet projects for legislators in the state budget, but the Senate’s spending plan does not include often-criticized funding for nonprofits. The $130.4 million included in the Senate’s $15.3 billion budget, which passed last month, instead sent money to cities and counties for 163 different projects […]

We write as 730 pediatricians across South Carolina, members of the South Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who have spent the past months navigating a reality many of us were trained to prevent: a significant measles outbreak in our Upstate communities. This outbreak began in a small, close-knit community shaped by a […]

It was an ordinary day when I got a notification on my phone from a local news outlet that a Black midwife lost her life due to pregnancy-related complications. A wave of anger radiated through my body. My initial thoughts as a Black woman were “none of us are safe.” I reached out to my […]

Customers of South Carolina’s state owned utility could again see their monthly power bills rise — by more than $13 a month over the next two years for the standard residential customer — as the early costs of a proposed natural gas plant and other construction projects come on the books. Santee Cooper’s governing board […]

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