COLUMBIA, S.C. Earlier this month, the South Carolina House passed a budget starting July 1 that spent nearly $2 billion in additional money on raises for teachers, security upgrades at […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. If South Carolina lawmakers agree to a proposed sale of state-owned utility Santee Cooper, they also will agree to deprive counties and schools of billions in tax dollars […]

Some concerned Charleston County parents are lobbying local lawmakers to vote in favor of proposed legislation that would effectively scrap the entire school board. The bill would require all nine […]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s teachers would get a pay boost under legislation that aims to stem the tide of educators fleeing the profession, though proposals vary on how much of […]

A 12-inch wide water pipe is expected to ease a two-year dispute over the internet giant Google’s plan to pull 1.5 million more gallons of water per day from an […]

The campus free-speech crisis is no stranger to the public universities of South Carolina. Last week, for example, I reviewed a dozen years-worth of free-speech struggles at Clemson University. Fortunately, […]

COLUMBIA — Legislation requiring South Carolina’s college students to take a course on the U.S. Constitution and other documents that formed America’s democracy — and pass a test at the […]