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South Carolina GOP senators consider ban on transgender care for children, joining a growing list of states

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of South Carolina Republican lawmakers are looking to join a handful of other states that have passed restrictions on certain medical care for transgender children.

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Army: Decorated soldier killed in South Carolina shooting

The U.S. Army is identifying a decorated 20-year soldier as one of the five people killed in a shooting at a South Carolina home

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South Carolina's comptroller quits after a $3.5 billion accounting error

Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's decision to leave the post he has held for 20 years came after scrutiny of his performance following the blunder in a year-end financial report.

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Ethics Committee admonishes Graham for fundraising in Senate building

South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham received a public letter of admonition from the Ethics Committee for fundraising in a Senate building.

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Mom of teen found dead near Murdaugh home warns killer: ‘I don’t care what your name is, you need to be punished’

Stephen Smith’s mother spoke out after SLED announced that her son’s death was finally being investigated as a homicide

The Independent UK

South Carolina legislature considering amendment to make comptroller an appointed rather than elected position

South Carolina legislators are considering a constitutional amendment to make the state comptroller appointed by the governor rather than elected. If passed by both chambers of the legislature, it would appear on the 2024 ballot for voter approval.

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South Carolina comptroller to resign after $3.5B error

Embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw

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Soldier shoots own children, 5 and 6, dead as they slept before killing himself

Charles Slacks Jr. let himself in the home of his ex-wife in Sumter, South Carolina and killed a man, then three children, two of which were his own, before he killed himself

Daily Mirror

Police: 5 dead, including three kids, at South Carolina home

Officials said Wednesday that a former soldier shot and killed an active duty member of the U.S. Army and three children at a home in South Carolina before killing himself

The Independent UK

Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost

A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surround the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh

The Independent UK

Sen. Scott poised to give 2024 'political update' to donors

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is inching ever closer to a presidential bid in 2024, scheduling his latest swing through early-voting states before returning to home afterward to give a “political update” to donors

The Independent UK

Q&A: GOP freshman class president Russell Fry talks dad jokes, new House Republicans and Trump

WASHINGTON — South Carolina freshman Russell Fry came to Congress by beating Rep. Tom Rice, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Tribune News Service

2024 presidential candidates campaign in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Ohio

As of March 15, 2024, five noteworthy candidates are running in the 2024 presidential election, including one Democrat and four Republicans.

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Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant

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Chiefs DE Carlos Dunlap to be honored with a parade in hometown

#Chiefs DE Carlos Dunlap is set to be honored with a parade thrown by the Dorchester School District Two in North Charleston, South Carolina. | from @EdEastonJr

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GOP freshman class president Russell Fry talks dad jokes, new House Republicans and Trump - Roll Call

Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina says there's an opportunity to work with Democrats on issues like opioid addiction

Tribune News Service

He chronicles SC’s Black history. It began with his great-grandfather

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Some begin their day with a cup of coffee. Every morning when he wakes up, Bobby Donaldson checks the obituaries.

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The body of a teenager found dead near the Murdaugh estate in 2015 will be exhumed

Stephen Smith's death was ruled a hit-and-run. His body was found 15 miles from the estate of former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty this month of killing his wife and son.

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2024 presidential candidates campaign in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Ohio

As of March 15, 2024, five noteworthy candidates are running in the 2024 presidential election, including one Democrat and four Republicans.

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Body of teenager found dead near Murdaugh property to be exhumed

Death of Stephen Smith, 19, was ruled a hit-and-run but case was reopened after Murdaugh’s conviction of murder of wife and son

Tribune News Service

Some SC GOP voters sticking with Trump for ’24; others ready to move on with Haley, Scott

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Summerville’s Don Corinna had a choice to consider Saturday at the Charleston Area Convention Center.

Tribune News Service

John Jenrette, former South Carolina congressman jailed for bribery, dies at 86

John W. Jenrette Jr., the former South Carolina congressman whose ascension in politics was brought low by scandal, died Friday. He was 86 years old.

ABC News

With Alex Murdaugh behind bars for murder, a small South Carolina community comes to terms with his other crimes

The media tents and trucks have packed up and left and the wall-to-wall cable network coverage of the six-week trial of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has ended. However, in rural Hampton County, it's a difficult, uneasy time.

The Independent UK

District responds to student's Pledge of Allegiance lawsuit

A South Carolina school district says a ninth grader walking in a hallway was stopped during a moment of silence and not the Pledge of Allegiance

The Independent UK

Haley, Ramaswamy among those taking on 'woke ideology' in SC

Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race are gathering in South Carolina this weekend

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