U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is visiting a South Carolina area known as the “Corridor of Shame.”
The state-owned utility Santee Cooper says it accidentally dumped some sludge from a coal-ash pond at a closed coal-powered electricity plant into a South Carolina river.
South Carolina lawmakers have heard from supporters and critics of proposed legislation to reform South Carolina’s prison system.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and members of the General Assembly are supporting legislation to elevate the Department of Veteran Affairs to a cabinet level position. A bipartisan group of legislators and veterans from various branches of the military held a news conference Tuesday at the Statehouse in support of legislation to create the Division of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina officials say new data show tourism has been responsible for $22.6 billion, marking six consecutive years of record-breaking growth for the industry in the state. News outlets report that South Carolina’s tourism director, Duane Parrish, announced the latest figures Monday afternoon in Columbia at the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Travel. The $22.6…
China’s economy czar is heading to Washington for talks Thursday and Friday before the deadline for a massive U.S. tariff hike.
For more than 700,000 customers of a private South Carolina utility, the $1,000 rebate checks aren’t in the mail.
Duke has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.
Officials in a South Carolina county are asking the state to spend some of its disaster money on permanent gauges to measure river levels.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A new bill at the Statehouse would allow a state watchdog agency to review South Carolina’s electric cooperatives for the first time. The bill would allow the Office of Regulatory Staff to audit a co-op and let them know if they were spending their money properly and following state law. Regulators couldn’t change rates. Democratic state…
