After childbirth, a mother’s body undergoes a period of intense healing, milk production, and significant physical and hormonal adjustments. While much of the health care focus remains on the pregnancy itself, the nutrition required for recovery and infant health after birth is often overlooked. This lack of awareness creates a critical gap in maternal health, […]

NEWBERRY — Four Republicans seeking to be South Carolina’s next governor met on stage Wednesday for a debate that turned out to be mostly congenial, with the most obvious separation on their stances coming from a question about gambling. The front lawn of the sold-out Newberry Opera House, which seats about 400, was decked out […]

COLUMBIA — A bill that would increase punishments for people who hurt or harass police dogs and horses advanced out of the House on Wednesday. The bill passed in a vote of 106-2. Democratic Reps. Wendell Gilliard, of Charleston, and Anne McDaniel, of Winnsboro, voted against. The biggest change representatives made to the bill Wednesday […]

COLUMBIA — Legislation allowing South Carolina’s public colleges to keep secret what they pay student athletes is now law after legislators voted to override a veto by Gov. Henry McMaster. The Senate voted 30-12 Wednesday to force enactment of the bill that exempts from public records law details of how schools distribute to athletes a […]

COLUMBIA — The State Ports Authority wants to cut labor costs at its Leatherman Terminal so more container ships will be willing to use the $1.5 billion facility that’s operated by an all-union workforce. The initiative is part of the authority’s larger effort to rein in costs and boost cargo as the Port of Charleston […]

COLUMBIA — Whenever the South Carolina lottery director shops in the Food Lion grocery store in Five Points, which sits in the backyard of the University of South Carolina, she notices that the line for self-service checkout stretches down the aisle. “And where there are live clerks, they’re empty, because the younger generation doesn’t talk […]

COLUMBIA — Whether a death row inmate could have purposely skewed his IQ results lower in an effort to escape execution was a central question Wednesday for South Carolina’s Supreme Court justices. Bayan Aleksey was sentenced to death in September 1998 for killing Sgt. Franklin Lingard, a Highway Patrol officer who pulled him over in […]

COLUMBIA — Legislators’ annual income would nearly double under a bill senators advanced Tuesday, saying their meager pay limits who seeks the job. The proposal would raise legislators’ total annual pay from $22,400 to $47,500. It comes after the state Supreme Court found last year that legislators illegally increased their own pay with a clause […]

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 — The Senate rejected a bill Tuesday that would allow taxpayers to take advantage of federal income tax cuts for the ongoing tax season. The bill failed in a vote of 16-27. No Democrats voted for it, and 15 Republicans voted against it. Opponents, including the Senate majority leader, repeatedly called the bill a […]

COLUMBIA — Democrats celebrated Tuesday having at least one candidate running for all of South Carolina’s constitutional offices for the first time in 32 years. “In November, voters across South Carolina will have a real choice: not a default, not a rubber stamp, but a choice,” state Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain told reporters at […]

South Carolina is growing fast, and our infrastructure must keep pace. As the General Assembly considers legislation to modernize the South Carolina Department of Transportation, including S. 831, there is a clear opportunity to strengthen how our state plans, funds and delivers critical infrastructure. From expanding metropolitan areas to rural highways, infrastructure is the backbone […]

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina House member was arrested Monday on charges of driving under the influence, according to court records. Rep. Adam Duncan, a Seneca Republican, was released from the Oconee County jail Tuesday morning on a personal recognizance bond, meaning he does not have to pay as long as he continues to show […]

Instacart reports on Easter and Seder trends in South Carolina and across the country.

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest-growing home prices in South Carolina using data from Zillow.

COLUMBIA — Efforts to renovate the state’s five regional institutions that house South Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities are being dialed back. The downsizing comes after the overseeing agency spent a chunk of taxpayer dollars meant for renovations on other things. Estimates that didn’t factor in the buildings’ ages, along with rising construction costs […]

COLUMBIA — Many South Carolina taxpayers will pay less income taxes next year, while boat owners will pay less in property taxes after Gov. Henry McMaster signed two tax-cutting bills into law Monday. The income tax law is expected to give almost 43% of filers a break on their taxes filed in April 2027, cutting […]

COLUMBIA — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is looking to return to Washington by winning back the congressional seat he lost eight years ago. The two-term GOP governor on Monday joined South Carolina’s most crowded contest this year, with 10 other Republicans and seven Democrats vying to represent the coastal 1st District. Sanford, who’s […]