The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.
State senators now have another map to consider just when the South Carolina General Assembly appears ready to finish drawing new U.S. House districts. This latest map would make radical changes favorable to Democrats in all seven congressional districts.
Police confirmed that the eight children killed in the Bronx apartment building fire that left 17 people dead included a two-year-old boy.
SC lawmakers open their 2022 session today to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic among other issues.
Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, vanquishing rival Alabama 33-18 in the College Football Playoff title Monday night for its first national title in 41 years.
New congressional maps for South Carolina that are not much different than those drawn more than a decade ago are on their way to the floor of the state House. The House Judiciary Committee passed them Monday, but several Democratic committee members voted against them.
South Carolina beat two more ranked opponents to strengthen its grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll.
Gov. Henry McMaster’s suggestion for how South Carolina spends billions of extra dollars contains some familiar requests he hasn’t got in his five years in office, like cutting income taxes. But the governor is sprinkling in some new proposals, such as $2,000 bonuses for school bus drivers, $3 million to expand election audits and $100 million to South Carolina’s aging health lab.
South Carolina’s biggest ceremony to honor the life of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. will be held virtually again because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The King Day at the Dome event also was held virtually in 2021 because of the pandemic.
South Carolina’s prison director has won a national award for turning around an agency that was near the bottom in the county in funding, salaries and the rate of inmates who return to prison.
