Matthew T. Hall

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that this week’s state Senate confirmation hearing for the governor’s Department of Environmental Sciences nominee didn’t give him hope for the future.

Inflation. Tariffs. Turmoil. Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall weighs in on the massive tax overhaul under consideration at the SC State House to say now is not the time.

At the heart of Republican efforts to eliminate DEI programs in South Carolina is this irony, Opinion Editor Matthew T. Hall writes. The work is being undertaken in fundamentally anti-Republican ways.

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that it now seems clear lawmakers are not just being blasé about the program’s legal hurdles, they are being glib about problems with the approach, from abysmal oversight and ambiguous rules to awful communication.

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall has written three columns over the past month about a Holocaust remembrance where a rabbi’s remarks were censored in Columbia. This is his most personal yet.

South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson said Tuesday that he was drafting legislation to design a $250 bill featuring Donald J. Trump. Say what?

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that a recent hearing about the state’s education savings accounts was an example of what lawmakers shouldn’t do.

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores why trolls are feeling more emboldened on social media and making Black History Month a target.

The South Carolina Council on the Holocaust cut a rabbi’s plea for tolerance from a video memorializing the liberation of Auschwitz. Matthew T. Hall says it needs to be restored.

President Donald Trump blasted Bishop Mariann Budde for seeking mercy for many during his inaugural prayer service. He should show her some.

Pardons will always be a president’s attempt to have the last word. Amid the usual public outcry, it’s rare that it works, but in a South Carolina case, it may.

Here’s why a clash pitting free speech against national security is not just a big deal for TikTok’s 170 million American users but for all Americans.

We’ll soon see if SC follows the siren song of sports betting. For now, lawmakers should know there’s no easy money in it and the debate about it will be hard.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it plainly: “Vaccines do not cause autism.” They should be cause for celebration not concern.

Clemson University coach Dabo Swinney said flag planting should stop at Palmetto Bowl games with USC. The NCAA should ban it across college football.

A state letter illustrated just how bad things are in one of the Midlands’ largest school districts, and may have been the last straw for voters.

We based our 30 recommendations on reporting, fact-checking and the candidates’ achievements, background, character, demeanor and experience.

This will be the third time in the last four presidential elections without a presidential endorsement here — and the most endorsements we’ve published in recent memory, by far, with 30.

Democratic seven-term Sheriff Leon Lott and Republican Jim Walker are running for Richland County Sheriff. We asked them each six questions.

The first priority should be a fix for the 3,000 low-income families with uncertain futures who are counting on state aid. After that, it gets simple.