South Carolina News

According to the South Carolina Employment Security Commission, unemployment in the state and in Anderson County remains at record levels.

A panel has expressed concerns about old firefighting equipment at the Savannah River Site, a former nuclear weapons complex along the South Carolina-Georgia border.

South Carolina legislators will discuss doing away with a requirement for driver's license vision tests every five years.

Democrat Tom Thompson of Columbia is set to officially announce his candidacy today.

The South Carolina Supreme Court is considering if a panel dominated by lawmakers can declare judicial candidates unqualified.

Lawmakers are considering cutting all services for nearly 26,000 people with disabilities as South Carolina tries to plug a $560 million budget hole.

A judge says she’ll grant South Carolina’s first lady a divorce from the governor who called his Argentine mistress his soul mate.

South Carolina's attorney general said Wednesday that he plans to press federal regulators to stick to long-standing plans to open a Nevada repository for thousands of tons of nuclear waste, much of which would come from a former weapons plant ...

South Carolina lawmakers have agreed to lower the legal age required to get a tattoo without parental consent from 21 to 18. Now, it's up to Gov. Mark Sanford to decide whether to sign the bill into law.

Aiken County has filed a lawsuit in federal court to try to keep plans on track for a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford accused the president of playing politics with nuclear waste Tuesday, urging the Obama administration to follow through on plans to send thousands of tons of radioactive material to Nevada and urging legal action if it ...

South Carolina's highest court heard hearing arguments Wednesday over whether a city can require motorcycle riders to wear helmets, despite the lack of a state law requiring the practice

South Carolina's first lady says her wedding was a “leap of faith” because Gov. Mark Sanford, who famously cheated on her with a woman he described as his soul mate, did not want to include a vow of fidelity in ...

Legislators are expected to debate a proposal requiring voters to carry ID with them when they check in at the polls.

A bill banning high-sugar, high-fat foods from being sold to South Carolina students is back up for debate in a Senate panel.