COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) –Debate is scheduled to resume on a proposed $6 billion spending plan for South Carolina. Tuesday’s Senate debate marks the beginning of an unusually long four weeks talking about a budget that normally takes no longer than a week. The debate has dragged on Democrats tried to block consideration of other legislation, including new limits on lawsuit…
Developer Donald Trump has cancelled what would have been his first foray into South Carolina. Trump called Monday to cancel an appearance Wednesday at a Columbia Tea Party rally at the Statehouse. Trump said Monday he will not run for president.
Home sales and prices were down last month compared with a year ago, but last year’s figures got a boost from a federal tax incentive for homebuyers.
South Carolina environmental officials say about 1 million gallons of untreated sewage have spilled into a York County creek that eventually flows into the Catawba River.
A federal judge has approved a $30 million settlement to end a class-action lawsuit accusing Duke Energy Corp. of breaking federal law when it changed its retirement plan.
Three companies that employ thousands at the Savannah River Site near Aiken are offering buyouts to hundreds of employees before implementing layoffs later this year.
South Carolina prison officials say an inmate has left a work release program in Rock Hill without permission
Former U.S. House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is calling on Congress to defund the National Labor Relations Board if it continues to pursue a complaint against Boeing Co.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she will not be a vice presidential candidate on anyone’s ticket in 2012. Haley said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that she finds talk of her joining a ticket a little silly.
The ongoing debate over cruise liners docking in Charleston is reaching well beyond the city’s historic waterfront.
