(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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(The Center Square) – Residents of the Carolinas, seldom a fan of hurricanes much less those reaching Category 5, are hopeful for a rhythm between Humberto and Imelda.
Category 4 Hurricane Humberto, about 365 miles north-northeast of the Northern... Read more
(The Center Square) – South Carolina does not have enough money to pay its outstanding bills and earned a D grade in the 16th annual Financial State of the States 2025 report.
Released by Truth In Accounting, the analysis... Read more
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration’s immigration policies are leading to worker shortages and delayed projects across the construction industry, according to a new report.
A survey conducted in July and August by the Associated Contractors of America... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Carolina Panthers lost a part of their team before playing at the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, though he wasn’t an on-field player.
Charlie Rock, football communications coordinator, was let go Thursday following a social... Read more
(The Center Square) – Clemson and Carolina made the top 25 of the 257 schools analyzed in the largest annual review of free speech for colleges and universities.
Both schools earned a C-minus letter grade, with Clemson scoring a... Read more
(The Center Square) – Political activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination at an Utah college on Wednesday has drawn a renewed call for security measures to protect individuals across college campuses and in public forums. The fatal shooting also raises concerns about freedom of speech on campuses and elsewhere.
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(The Center Square) – South Carolina is one of seven Deep South states ranked top 20 in educational freedom, a report from the Heritage Foundation said Tuesday.
The annual scorecard – in existence just four years – ranks the... Read more
Voters in South Carolina have expressed concern about conflicts of interest in letting lawyers pick the state’s judges. The response by lawmakers was to add more lawyers.
The slightly changed system will be tested in the coming months as... Read more
(The Center Square) - A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers wants to expand a program that allows noncitizens to fill physician vacancies in rural areas of the United States that are experiencing shortages.
The Conrad 30 program... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding, with a family advocate praising the move.
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(The Center Square) – Twenty years ago this Friday, Hurricane Katrina – once a Category 5 beast – made landfall as a Category 3 first in southeastern Louisiana and then again on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The National Hurricane... Read more
(The Center Square) – Four times since Thursday major college campuses along the Atlantic Seaboard have been brought to a halt.
Four times, they’ve all been a hoax, or what is generally known as swatting.
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(The Center Square) – Students resumed routines shaken but unhurt Sunday evening at the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia where a shooter was reported.
The shelter in place instruction lasted 95 minutes and lawmen from multiple agencies... Read more
(The Center Square) – On the first weekend after resumption of classes, students in Columbia at the University of South Carolina were sheltered in place Sunday evening.
A “Carolina Alert,” the campus warning system, at 7:10 p.m. said, “Urgent... Read more
(The Center Square) – Hurricane Erin has made its brush with the North Carolina coast and is crawling out into the Atlantic Ocean.
The storm that climbed from Category 1 to 5 in less than 24 hours last weekend... Read more
