COLUMBIA — Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette will no longer speak at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony next week, following outcry from students and legislators, the university president announced Wednesday. The announcement, which was also the historically Black university’s first public acknowledgement it had initially selected Evette to speak, included no alternative speaker for the […]

COLUMBIA — A bill meant to rev up road construction in South Carolina using optional toll roads and a state-run environmental permitting process passed the House on Wednesday. The version of the bill the House passed unanimously veered away from what the Senate passed last month by getting rid of a program incentivizing local governments […]

A Place for Mom reports on the costs of senior living in South Carolina for 2026

The first thing that often comes to mind when people think of a legal career is a character they have seen on TV dramas like “Law & Order” or those featured in a John Grisham novel or movie. This week, we recognize Community Law Week, and, as a practicing attorney, I want to use this […]

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 — South Carolina can send voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice under an agreement the State Election Commission approved Tuesday. The commission’s 4-1 vote ended months of deliberation over how South Carolina should respond to the Trump administration’s request to review voter data in an effort to remove those ineligible to participate, […]

COLUMBIA — Revised calculations show sales tax breaks available to data centers in South Carolina aren’t nearly as impactful as originally thought — at least not yet. Sales tax exemptions the state provides for the rows of computers and servers purchased and housed within these high-tech centers, as well as the electricity used to power […]

COLUMBIA — Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s scheduled speech at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony brought calls from students and some legislators for administrators to pick someone else. Evette, a Republican who is running for governor in a crowded June primary, is set to speak to graduating seniors at the state’s only public historically Black […]

ROCK HILL — Four years after the owner of the Carolina Panthers halted construction on a $500 million practice facility and team headquarters in Rock Hill, the city has a potential buyer for a portion of the prime real estate off Interstate 77. The state’s fifth-largest city is seeking to sell 50 of the 240 […]

COLUMBIA — The nation’s largest measles outbreak in decades came to an end Sunday, after more than a month without sickening anyone, according to the state health department. The six-month outbreak infected 997 people, including at least 21 who required hospitalization, according to health department data. No one died. South Carolina’s was the largest reported […]

COLUMBIA — Legislators would need permission from an ethics committee to get any state funds outside their legislative salaries under a clause senators added to the state spending plan after launching an investigation into a representative’s nonprofit. Senators voted 32-9 to add the clause to the budget Thursday, with opposition coming from a mix of […]

COLUMBIA — Two Democrats are competing for a South Carolina House seat the party has pointed to as a potential flip back to blue. But having a contest at all required a do-over in candidate filing. Michele Demery and Jack Spann both filed April 10 for the chance to challenge GOP Rep. Fawn Pedalino in […]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina is helping 272 educators, nurses, dental assistants, social workers, police officers, firefighters, paramedics and military members buy a home this year. The state affordable housing agency approved more than $72 million in ultra low-interest mortgages, complete with down payment assistance, as part of its annual Palmetto Heroes program. And this year […]

COLUMBIA — The Statehouse’s planned monument to Civil War hero Robert Smalls has a location. It has a design. What Smalls’ monument, the first on the grounds honoring an individual Black person, needs next is funding. The monument, which legislators unanimously approved adding to the Statehouse grounds in 2024, will likely cost between $1 million […]

COLUMBIA — Six years ago, there was no data center in South Carolina taking advantage of sales tax exemptions the state offers on the vast number of computers, servers, hardware and software purchased for these windowless facilities that power everything from artificial intelligence to high-speed financial trades. Nor did any data center receive a reprieve […]

COLUMBIA — Teaching wasn’t Dr. Christie Palladino’s first career, but Thursday she was named South Carolina’s Teacher of the Year. The Aiken County Career and Technology Center teacher started out as an obstetrician-gynecologist and medical researcher, but she switched to teaching 12 years ago, according to the district where she teaches. She was selected from […]

COLUMBIA — Small farmers say they’re in trouble, and legislators want to help. On Thursday, senators added a clause to the state budget that would collectively give farmers $35 million in financial assistance. And representatives proposed their own, separate legislation that upped the aid to $50 million. The Senate’s budget clause, which is part of […]

May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, and spring is a great time to consider simple lifestyle changes that can help you reach or maintain your blood pressure within a healthy range. You may have heard that certain foods, like beets and bananas, can help you lower blood pressure. Bananas provide you with potassium which […]