JUUL Labs, Inc. confirmed recent reporting this week with its announcement of a $125 million assembly facility in Lexington County that will create more than 500 jobs. The company creates wide…
Vice President Mike Pence will visit South Carolina on March 30 as part of the kickoff to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s 2020 campaign. According …
Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, a Charleston Democrat, was turned away after trying to bring a six-pack of beer onto the floor of the U.S. …
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, widely considered to be a presidential candidate in 2020, will speak on Jan. 21 at the South Carolina NAACP’…
With online commerce continuing to rise, a state lawmaker is proposing a crackdown on those who steal items off of residents’ porches. Accordi…
Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the acting White House chi…
President Donald Trump’s tariffs could threaten the new China Jushi USA plant being built in Richland County. According to Jeff Wilkinson at T…
The state Department of Health and Environmental Control has had to stay after Main Street’s The Hub apartment complex because of issues in it…
Three men escaped from the Orangeburg County Detention Center May 19, and two were still on the loose as Free Times went to press three days l…
Republican Congressional candidate Lee Bright on April 20 suggested that transgender citizens are mentally ill. “You’re either a man or a woma…
South Carolinians’ opinion of President Donald Trump is on the rise, according to the latest Winthrop Poll. Trump’s job approval rating is at …
A tornado touched down in Lexington and Irmo during strong storms April 15, according to the National Weather Service. Trees were snapped and …
A new poll shows Gov. Henry McMaster with a reasonably comfortable lead in the race for the GOP nomination for governor, while Democrats James…
While there’s been widespread outrage among SCE&G ratepayers that a significant part of their utility bills has gone to pay for a now-aban…
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says, if President Donald Trump were to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, it could lead to the end of his presiden…
Columbia City Council is slated to vote March 20 on a rezoning being sought by Richland School District One that would make way for some new a…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Catherine Templeton unveiled her “conservative values” platform on March 5. The six issues in the platform …
Platinum Plus strip club suffered significant damage in a fire. Per The State, the fire happened at about 5:30 a.m. Jan. 16 at the club, which…
Utilities have hired three dozen lobbyists to work in the State House as lawmakers decide what is to be done in the wake of the abandoned nucl…
A new survey from personal finance website WalletHub says South Carolina is the 44th ranked state in terms of places to raise a family. Accord…
An anemic offense sent the Gamecocks football team into the third quarter of the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl with what looked like an insurmountable 1…
Republican state Rep. Rick Quinn resigned from his District 69 State House seat Dec. 13, and pleaded guilty in a criminal case against him.
Todd Kohlhepp, an Upstate man convicted of killing seven people, says there are additional victims that police have not discovered. Kohlhepp r…
Gov. Henry McMaster chose a running mate for the 2018 campaign: a Greenville County businesswoman with zero political experience. McMaster tap…
Bakari Sellers confirmed that he plans on running for Congress “at some point.” When he does run, he’ll look to take the South Carolina Distri…
The State of South Carolina doesn’t have the drugs it needs to execute a convicted killer. Bobby Wayne Stone, who was convicted of murdering a…
Legislators Propose Bill to Slash SCE&G Rates
Kevin Marsh, CEO of SCANA, is retiring from the company three months after it cancelled construction of the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Jenki…
South Carolina is in the race to win over Amazon. Cities across the U.S. are pitching themselves as prime territory for Amazon’s new headquart…
The promoters of the Sept. 30 Fall Ball concert at Colonial Life Arena are suing the arena to stop it from refunding fans’ tickets after headl…
Two Upstate lawmakers — Republican Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns — say they want to put an African-American Confederate memorial on the St…
Mary Geren, a Democrat running against Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, is calling for stricter gun laws following a mass s…
Will Folks, of the popular Palmetto State political blog FITSNews, will not have to reveal his anonymous sources in connection with a lawsuit,…
Democratic state Senator Gerald Malloy told The Post and Courier that he’s considering a run for governor. Malloy reportedly said the Palmetto…
It appears Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will slide into a third term: Filing closed Friday, Sept. 8 for the Nov. 7 City of Columbia election,…
Lowcountry Republican state Rep. Jim Merrill pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in office as part of a long-running probe of state lawm…
Jim Thigpen, Co-Founder of Trustus Theatre, Dead at 75
State Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the state is suing Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin. The suit, filed Aug. 14 in Richland Coun…
Former state Rep. Chris Corley, a Graniteville Republican, pleaded guilty Aug. 7 to assaulting his wife. In a December incident, Corley beat h…
Judge Knox McMahon denied a request to overturn his earlier ruling that special prosecutor David Pascoe could stay on the long-running State H…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt met with businesspeople and politicians — including U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and U.…
There will be a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19, in the Canal Room at EdVenture during which the planned laser lights displa…
When President Donald Trump’s election fraud task force came calling last week, South Carolina’s Election Commission refused to hand over the …
Gov. Henry McMaster has vetoed a portion of the state budget that would provide birth control for children of state employees covered under th…
This week, South Carolina Electric & Gas and Santee Cooper extended the deadline for a decision on the fate of two nuclear power reactors …
State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced the state will take control of the school district in poverty-ridden Allendale Coun…
I’m deeply disturbed by “Moving Up Main: The Cottontown/Elmwood Park Corridor Is Booming” (Free Times cover story, May 31). I’m a Charleston n…
Gov. Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant announced they’d block passage of the state’s 2018-19 budget if it contains any funding for Plan…
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Lexington County, saying it is running a “modern-day debtors’ prison.” The suit accuses the county…
Charleston has slipped past Columbia as South Carolina’s most populous city, according to U.S. Census numbers released May 25. Charleston’s po…
Longtime State Rep. Rick Quinn, a Lexington Republican and son of embattled political consultant Richard Quinn, has been indicted by a state g…
