(The Center Square) – Americans can now wager on sports results through Fanatics Predicts in 24 states that have not allowed legal sports wagering including California, Texas, Georgia, Washington and more.
National sportsbooks including FanDuel, DraftKings and Fanatics announced... Read more
(The Center Square) – The federal government is relaxing Biden-era fuel economy standards that required most cars to have a fuel efficiency of nearly 50 mpg by 2031 in an effort to ease regulations for car manufacturers and make cars more affordable.
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(The Center Square) – Nothing like Helene, and nothing like three hurricanes making landfall in 66 days.
Sunday’s end to the hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin was welcomed from the Gulf states to the Atlantic seaboard, with gratitude... Read more
(The Center Square) – Analysis of South Carolina education concludes only two states in the country from 2020 to 2022 decreased more in average teacher salary, and only 15 states had larger spending increase percentages for students.
The period... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolina is one of nine states splitting $7 million it can use for antitrust actions and consumer protections after a settlement was reached with Greystar Management.
The largest landlord with more than 25,000 units... Read more
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson had the power to pay a $75 million fee to private lawyers – including his former law firm - who negotiated a $600 million settlement over military plutonium stored in the state, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled.
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(The Center Square) – Third in corporate tax rank, South Carolina is 29th among 50 states in competitive taxes as judged by the Tax Foundation’s analysis.
Policymakers, taxpayers and business leaders can gauge tax systems state to state many... Read more
(The Center Square) – With the ongoing government shutdown dragging on for a record-breaking period of time, U.S. lawmakers are introducing bills to make shutdowns as painful for Congress as they are for federal workers.
Since the government shut... Read more
(The Center Square) – Seven big games in the Southeastern Conference alone, hundreds of players, all headed toward the billions college football generates in the 21st century.
And with it on this fall Saturday in October, plenty of those... Read more
(The Center Square) – A Mississippi judge said the Biden administration "exceeded its authority" in redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender discrimination.
A 15-state coalition led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch challenged... Read more
Defendants caught in a web of litigation have asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to rein in a former colleague who has turned the state’s asbestos docket into a lucrative enterprise for plaintiff lawyers, including her hand-picked receiver.
Judge... Read more
(The Center Square) – Former state Sen. Lee Bright appears headed back Columbia, having won Tuesday’s Republican primary for the vacant Senate District 12 seat.
Bright snagged more than 50% of the votes with Hope Blackley (27%) and Justin... Read more
(The Center Square) – State House speakers from five Southern states are asking Congress to alleviate pressure on the timber industry by reopening the Asian market.
The letter said recent changes in the market, uncertainty in trade policy and... Read more
(The Center Square) – Employees have been terminated, the CR-15 squad abolished, and an investigation is ongoing by the FBI.
Still, fourth-term Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says the discovery of he, seven other senators and one House member being... Read more
(The Center Square) – Fire engulfing the home of a judge in South Carolina is not believed to be arson, investigators said late Monday.
Rhetoric and panic among partisan groups fueled speculation since Saturday’s flames erupted in Edisto. No... Read more
(The Center Square) – Open enrollment laws for South Carolina’s nearly 800,000 schoolchildren are better than only 16 other states, says a new analysis.
That’s an improvement courtesy of Gov. Henry McMaster signing Senate Bill 62 that requires districts... Read more
(The Center Square) – Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda have drawn as close as 450 to 600 miles apart in the Atlantic Ocean, churning up the surf along much of the East Coast and drawing a warning for storm surge between Florida and South Carolina.
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(The Center Square) – Half of U.S. states don’t have enough money to cover their bills, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Chicago-based Truth in Accounting.
At the end of fiscal 2024, 25 states were unable... Read more
(The Center Square) – Potentially deadly rip currents and high surf are possible as tropical storms Imelda and Humberto buffet the East Coast in the coming days.
Coastal flooding is possible from Florida to the Carolinas. By midweek, Imelda... Read more
(The Center Square) – Corporate site selection and economic development magazine Area Development again ranks South Carolina a leading destination in the 2025 Top States for Business.
Georgia, first for the 12th consecutive year, was the only state better.
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