(The Center Square) - The Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development partnership between the federal government and parts of 13 states including all of West Virginia, is poised to see a 93% reduction in funding with the “Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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(The Center Square) – Citing $9.6 billion in gross domestic product, more than 125,000 jobs and some $3.8 billion in wages by their coastal economies, Govs. Josh Stein of North Carolina and Henry McMaster of South Carolina are seeking reaffirmed protection from coastal drilling.
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(The Center Square) – It's not just lower-income people or those with disabilities using Medicaid in the United States.
A new investigation led by the Patient First Coalition found that tens of thousands of wealthy people remain enrolled in... Read more
(The Center Square) – South Carolina is fifth in the South Atlantic, 10th in the South and 13th in the nation for “pro-growth” reforms, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC 2025 States That... Read more
(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to target and arrest cartel members nationwide and the Department of Justice continues to prosecute high-level cartel members.
Key ICE arrests were in made Charleston, South Carolina, after... Read more
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defended President Donald Trump's trade policies Wednesday as legal challenges continue over the president's use of tariffs.
Graham spoke during a Senate subcommittee meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.... Read more
(The Center Square) – Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sending evidence of voter fraud to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and attorneys general in seven other states for prosecution.
LaRose announced Tuesday he found potential fraud in noncitizen... Read more
(The Center Square) – Minnesota’s governor fired up South Carolina Democrats against Donald Trump, saying they should “bully the s--- out of him back.”
In a Saturday morning state party function in Columbia, the second half of a failed... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Carolinas are first and fourth in a new report on the most sought-after states for relocation by American residents.
U.S. News & World Report said it’s “data on the top cities and states that... Read more
(The Center Square) – No ruling from a South Carolina judge was rendered Friday at the end of a two-day hearing in a climate change lawsuit brought by the city of Charleston against 24 oil and gas companies.
The... Read more
(The Center Square) – Half of the South’s 16 states are not on the initial Department of Homeland Security list of sanctuary jurisdictions.
The agency’s list included states that are self-identifying as “state sanctuary jurisdiction” as well as counties... Read more
(The Center Square) – A climate-change lawsuit by the city of Charleston against 24 oil and gas companies should be dismissed because global warming “is not an issue for courts to decide,” an attorney for the companies argued Thursday.
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(The Center Square) – A South Carolina judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday and Friday on whether to dismiss a climate-change lawsuit by the city of Charleston against 24 oil and gas companies.
In the lawsuit filed in... Read more
(The Center Square) – Carolinas attorneys general believe a social media app originating out of China owned by Tencent is money laundering and tied to fentanyl trafficking.
The drug, a synthetic opioid the CDC says is up to 50... Read more
(The Center Square) – Legislation pending in the Carolinas legislatures would authorize each state to join a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the power and spending of the federal government.
The federal governments has accumulated a... Read more
(The Center Square) – Taxpayers in South Carolina will face an average tax increase of $2,319 if the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires at the end of the year, says the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
Results of... Read more
(The Center Square) – South Carolina is ranked No. 29 in the country in economic outlook in the 18th annual Rich States, Poor States ranking.
Fifteen state policy variables are measured in the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, released... Read more
(The Center Square) – For the second time in 36 days, a firing squad execution has been carried out in South Carolina.
Mikal Mahdi, 42, died Friday night in Columbia less than four minutes after shots were fired. Mahdi... Read more
(The Center Square) – Foreclosure moratoriums on Federal Housing Administration single family mortgages are extended 90 days in disaster areas associated with Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said Tuesday.
“Individuals and families across... Read more
(The Center Square) – With heavy nuclear reliance, South Carolina is 22nd in energy affordability in the Energy Affordability 2025 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
“South Carolina’s energy policies, including a renewable portfolio standard and net metering,... Read more
