The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires most states to pay for food benefits. It leaves South Carolina with a choice: cut the ...

A legal fight is continuing to unfold in Columbia over how race and gender can be discussed in South Carolina classrooms.

The SC Dept. of Public Safety says it plans to award funding for 58 new SRO positions in the coming week, according to a ...

Religious figures from South Carolina and 10 other Southern states say the fallout from the federal reconciliation bill ...

Faith leaders will take their protests over federal budget cuts to the South, which has high poverty rates and many who they ...

South Carolina is facing “a real challenge” when it comes to aging bridges, according to the state’s secretary of ...

Legislators are considered part time because South Carolina’s General Assembly meets three days a week from January to May. Lawmakers passed a $1,000-a-month increase in the budget in 2014.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats can win back disaffected voters by focusing on their everyday concerns to counter ...

The South Carolina General Assembly has likely met for the last time this year, easily passing a budget that included what is effectively an $18,000-a-year raise for all of its members.

Republican South Carolina Sen. Wes Climer speaks out against a pay raise for all lawmakers that was part of the state budget on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina General Assembly likely met for the last time this year Wednesday, easily passing a budget that included what is effectively an $18,000-a-year raise for ...