South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster still wants to sell state-owned utility Santee Cooper after signing into law a bill to overhaul the company.
South Carolina lawmakers are hammering out differences between the House and Senate versions of the state’s nearly $11 billion budget ahead of the new fiscal year next month. A conference committee of House and Senate members met briefly Tuesday to begin the process.
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the Biden administration is distributing $1.25 billion to hundreds of community lenders. It’s an effort to help boost the economic recovery for small businesses and disadvantaged business owners hurt during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded their summit meetings in Geneva, wrapping up somewhat more quickly than expected. The pair’s second sit-down, with aides present on both sides, lasted about 65 minutes.
A coroner has changed the death certificate of a mentally ill Black man who died in a South Carolina jail earlier this year to say he died by homicide. Attorneys for Jamal Sutherland’s relatives said Tuesday that the certificate originally indicated his manner of death was “undetermined.”
The Senate has passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
Torrey Pines has had its share of conflict over the years involving some of the top players in golf. Just not during such a taxing major as the U.S. Open.
The two South Carolina inmates scheduled to die this month want an appellate court to halt their deaths by electrocution. Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens on Monday filed a notice of appeal to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Phil Mickelson accepted a special exemption from the USGA with reason to believe this might be his last shot to finally win a U.S. Open.
Police in Chicago say at least four women have died and at least four people are hurt after a shooting Tuesday.
