SC State Wire

(The Center Square) – Rescue and recovery personnel from 13 states are assisting Texas with recovery efforts in the aftermath of a deadly July 4 flash flood event that killed at least 119, with at least 173 reported missing.

(The Center Square) – Tim Walz and Wes Moore came to South Carolina earlier. This week it is Gavin Newsom. Andy Beshear is on the schedule, too.

The sitting governors are in the mix as candidates for the 2028... Read more

(The Center Square) - Senators clashed in a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing Wednesday over regulations on cryptocurrency as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on legislation regulating the digital asset next week.

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark.,... Read more

(The Center Square) – Lawyers in a climate change lawsuit by the city of Charleston against oil and gas companies have until Tuesday to submit proposed orders in the case.

Circuit Court Judge Robert M. Young granted lawyers a... Read more

(The Center Square) – Chantal, the tropical depression on Friday that developed into a named storm, has left North Carolina and moved into Virginia leaving behind at least two fatalities and plenty of cleanup duty near the Triangle.

The... Read more

(The Center Square) – South Carolina as gained population since 2020, according to a new U.S. Census report.

The state has grown from 5.1 million people on April 1, 2020, to 5.4 million on July 1, 2024, the Census... Read more

(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the creation of an alternative university accreditation system on Thursday saying the existing one is "beholden to woke ideology."

This new system, the Commission for Public Higher Education, is composed... Read more

(The Center Square) – South Carolina and other states can bar taxpayer dollars from the federal Medicaid program from going to Planned Parenthood for abortion services, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic,... Read more

(The Center Square) - The Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development partnership between the federal government and parts of 13 states including all of West Virginia, is poised to see a 93% reduction in funding with the “Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

(The Center Square) – Citing $9.6 billion in gross domestic product, more than 125,000 jobs and some $3.8 billion in wages by their coastal economies, Govs. Josh Stein of North Carolina and Henry McMaster of South Carolina are seeking reaffirmed protection from coastal drilling.

(The Center Square) – It's not just lower-income people or those with disabilities using Medicaid in the United States.

A new investigation led by the Patient First Coalition found that tens of thousands of wealthy people remain enrolled in... Read more

(The Center Square) – South Carolina is fifth in the South Atlantic, 10th in the South and 13th in the nation for “pro-growth” reforms, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.

ALEC 2025 States That... Read more

(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to target and arrest cartel members nationwide and the Department of Justice continues to prosecute high-level cartel members.

Key ICE arrests were in made Charleston, South Carolina, after... Read more

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defended President Donald Trump's trade policies Wednesday as legal challenges continue over the president's use of tariffs.

Graham spoke during a Senate subcommittee meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.... Read more

(The Center Square) – Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sending evidence of voter fraud to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and attorneys general in seven other states for prosecution.

LaRose announced Tuesday he found potential fraud in noncitizen... Read more

(The Center Square) – Minnesota’s governor fired up South Carolina Democrats against Donald Trump, saying they should “bully the s--- out of him back.”

In a Saturday morning state party function in Columbia, the second half of a failed... Read more

(The Center Square) – The Carolinas are first and fourth in a new report on the most sought-after states for relocation by American residents.

U.S. News & World Report said it’s “data on the top cities and states that... Read more

(The Center Square) – No ruling from a South Carolina judge was rendered Friday at the end of a two-day hearing in a climate change lawsuit brought by the city of Charleston against 24 oil and gas companies.

The... Read more

(The Center Square) – Half of the South’s 16 states are not on the initial Department of Homeland Security list of sanctuary jurisdictions.

The agency’s list included states that are self-identifying as “state sanctuary jurisdiction” as well as counties... Read more

(The Center Square) – A climate-change lawsuit by the city of Charleston against 24 oil and gas companies should be dismissed because global warming “is not an issue for courts to decide,” an attorney for the companies argued Thursday.