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The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump. The chamber voted Wednesday on a new congressional map sending it to the more skeptical state Senate.

The high court ruled Wednesday that a court clerk influenced the trial by suggesting to jurors that Murdaugh might lie while testifying in his own defense.

The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to protect nearly every historic statue, monument, and building name from changes or removal. The bill unanimously approved by Republicans and opposed by Democrats also bans QR codes that could provide modern perspectives on historical figures, including those from the Confederacy.

Mark Sanford is launching another run for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District. On Monday, he filed paperwork just hours before the deadline to enter the June 9 Republican primary.

Harvard University has handed over rare 1850 photos of enslaved people to a museum in Charleston.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in South Carolina for a final public farewell. On Monday, Jackson will lie in state at the Capitol in Columbia. South Carolina ETV and Public Radio will have live coverage of the public tributes.

South Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill to keep secret how much money teams and athletes are paid under new college sports rules. The state is poised to join Arkansas, Utah, Colorado and Kentucky, which already keep Name, Image and Likeness deals from the public.

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions. They argue that the trial judge's rulings and a biased court clerk prevented a fair trial.

RJ May resigned last year before pleading guilty to distributing child sex abuse videos. He admitted sharing hundreds of videos over a five-day period in 2024 using the Kik social media network.

A private company is offering South Carolina's state-owned utility $2.7 billion to complete two abandoned nuclear plants. The deal between utility Santee Cooper and Brookfield Asset Management is far from final, with negotiations expected to last up to two years.