David Slade

Baby Boomers, 60 to 78 years old, are swelling the ranks of retirees and many are moving to South Carolina. At least one county will have 65+ majority by 2040.

The troubled Charleston County housing authority is selling off 30 houses to pay its bills, but could face claims for failing to complete a $6.5 million deal.

Traffic is bad, Johns Island's population is growing, and Charleston County wants to fund a road across the sea island with a $5.4 billion sales tax referendum.

In South Carolina and six other states hit by Hurricane Helene, the federal government has approved tax-relief measures, low-interest loans with no payments for a year, and financial aid that's tax-free and doesn't have to be repaid.

The number of electric vehicles registered in SC has more than doubling every two years. That puts SC ahead of 20 other states, in terms of EV registrations.

Like taxes, death and recessions are a certainty, and that's reason enough to prepare for those eventualities. Getting life insurance and drawing up a will won't prevent death, but will help the living. Building savings won't prevent a recession, but will help weather one.

Charleston County's Probate Court judge was told to personally repay the county for more than $11,000 in unapproved charge card use, but he paid anything yet.

SC lawmakers questioned Charleston County housing authority CEO Angela Childers about the pending sale of 30 vacant houses to raise money for other priorities.

Personal finance columnist David Slade gave the Flipp app a test-drive to see if it helps cut grocery bills as promised. He found it time-consuming and imperfect, but the free tool could help shoppers savings at the check-out counter.

Charleston County has a plan to get to net-zero emmissions by 2050, but it depends on residents and businesses taking actions on their own, with an overall cost estimate of $9.9 billion over 26 years.