Russ McKinney

A debate regarding House Bill 3694, known as “Constitutional Carry,” heads into second week.

The South Carolina Senate started debate over Sen. Tom Davis’ medical marijuana bill on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Senators ended the week without taking a vote.

After being approved by the Senate in 2022, the leadership in the House allowed the measure to die on a procedural ruling without any debate or official votes.

South Carolina lawmakers are taking sweeping action to consolidate, with the goal to hopefully improve the delivery of health care services in the state.

SC lawmakers say they want to ensure utilities can produce enough energy to meet needs of the fast-growing state<br/>

State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, introduced a resolution that directs the state treasurer to freeze $1.8 billion sitting in a state account until lawmakers can sort the money out.

Justice John Kittredge will succeed Chief Justice Don Beatty, who is the court's only Black justice. Beatty will retire from the court this summer.

While meant to ensure South Carolina avoids future energy crises, critics claim the bill gives electric utility companies a “blank check” to build mega-projects financed by rate-payers.

Bill aimed at securing South Carolina’s energy future haunted by 2017 V. C. Summer nuclear fiasco.

The challenge is clear: South Carolina’s population and economic sector is growing fast. It's growing so fast that state leaders and utility executives say they are concerned that the need for energy may outpace the utilities’ ability to generate enough electricity to meet demand.