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A former South Carolina representative pleaded guilty this week to charges of threatening an agency director over the ph...
12/05/2025

A former South Carolina representative pleaded guilty this week to charges of threatening an agency director over the phone. Read Skylar Laird's brief in SC Daily Gazette on the punishment.

Former Rep. Rick Martin must complete an anger management class or spend 30 days in jail, a judge decided this week.

The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month. Read about it in SC Daily...
12/05/2025

The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from our affiliate Stateline, with an info box on SC law.

The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month. SC does not have a state minimum wage.

More than 280 people are in quarantine for measles after a significant influx in cases following the Thanksgiving holida...
12/05/2025

More than 280 people are in quarantine for measles after a significant influx in cases following the Thanksgiving holiday, the state health department said Friday. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette for the latest on the outbreak.

An Upstate outbreak reached 84 cases as of Friday, up 22 from last week, according to the state health department.

More than 300 South Carolina National Guard members are headed to Washington, D.C., for their second rotation to the nat...
12/05/2025

More than 300 South Carolina National Guard members are headed to Washington, D.C., for their second rotation to the nation’s capital since August. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette about their departure this week.

More than 300 South Carolina National Guard members are headed to Washington, D.C., in state's second deployment round.

South Carolina’s transportation agency wants to get rid of about 20 pages’ worth of regulations it considers unnecessary...
12/04/2025

South Carolina’s transportation agency wants to get rid of about 20 pages’ worth of regulations it considers unnecessary. But the bureaucratic process to undo the bureaucracy could take at least six months. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the proposal and process.

Facing changing federal and state rules, the agency is getting rid of regulations it deemed duplicative and unnecessary.

State utility executives, legislators and the lead investor in the reboot of South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors...
12/04/2025

State utility executives, legislators and the lead investor in the reboot of South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear reactors will tell the story behind the multibillion-dollar deal during a conference at the University of South Carolina next week. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette about the second annual summit.

Utility executives, legislators and the investor in SC’s abandoned nuclear reactors will tell the story behind the deal to restart them.

U.S. House GOP leadership pulled a bill from the House floor Wednesday that would set a national framework for college-a...
12/04/2025

U.S. House GOP leadership pulled a bill from the House floor Wednesday that would set a national framework for college-athletes’ compensation, then postponed a vote. U.S. Rep. Russell Fry of SC's 7th District is among the original co-sponsors. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's D.C. team.

U.S. House GOP leadership pulled a bill from the House floor Wednesday that would set a national framework for college-athletes’ compensation.

Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at ending quotas in state law regarding contracts for mino...
12/04/2025

Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at ending quotas in state law regarding contracts for minority-owned businesses. The sections of state law he cites in the order are already largely ignored. Read in SC Daily Gazette about the order, what state law says, and what we know about agencies' compliance.

SC Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order Wednesday ending set asides for minority-owned businesses that contract with state agencies.

The state parks department is asking legislators for nearly $186 million to fund sprawling upgrades and renovations in w...
12/03/2025

The state parks department is asking legislators for nearly $186 million to fund sprawling upgrades and renovations in what the agency’s director described as “a generational move.” Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the agency's request.

Upgraded campgrounds, new and improved trails, and visitor centers for upcoming parks all fall under the expansive request.

The Trump administration late Tuesday paused all immigration applications from 19 countries the president earlier had li...
12/03/2025

The Trump administration late Tuesday paused all immigration applications from 19 countries the president earlier had listed for restricted travel into the United States. Read which countries in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's D.C. team.

The Trump administration paused all immigration applications from 19 countries listed for restricted travel into the United States.

A legislative panel gave South Carolina’s state-owned utility the initial nod to begin purchasing equipment for a planne...
12/03/2025

A legislative panel gave South Carolina’s state-owned utility the initial nod to begin purchasing equipment for a planned new natural gas plant. But first, they had questions about the project’s growing price tag and what that might mean for power customers. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette on yesterday's approval and legislators' questions.

A legislative panel gave SC’s state-owned utility the nod to begin purchasing equipment for a planned new natural gas plant in the Lowcountry.

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week...
12/03/2025

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week on legislation. What will be in it remains a question. Read about the negotiations in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's D.C. team.

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week. On what is the question.

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