Richland County became the first South Carolina county to pass a hate crime law.

"I'm a son of District 50," Keishan Scott, 24, told SC Public Radio. "District 50 is where I was born and raised, so I understand what it takes to move us forward."

South Carolina state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, a Richland County Democrat, announced he is considering a bid for governor in 2026.

South Carolina Democrats heard from Democratic Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland and Tim Walz of Minnesota to kick off South Carolina Democratic Party's convention weekend.

State legislators joined Gov. Henry McMaster in his office Thursday to commend a new law criminalizing the posting of intimate or nude photos without a person’s consent, commonly known as “revenge porn.”

The South Carolina state budget that takes effect July 1 includes a measure that would strip the city of Columbia of about $3.7 million in state aid if it has a conversion therapy ban ordinance.

The Columbia City Council agreed May 20 to delay a vote over whether to repeal a ban on conversion therapy amid pressure from Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson, who says the ordinance violates state law, and other GOP state lawmakers.

Archer-Daniels-Midland said in a statement that the Illinois-based company will shut down production of its Lancaster County soybean processing plant later this spring.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 2 in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case over whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from providing non-abortion health care services to Medicaid recipients.

Reporter Maayan Schechter interviews on Feb. 6, 2025, S.C. Senate Education Committee Chairman Greg Hembree, R-Horry, and Patrick Kelly, an AP U.S. government teacher and director of governmental affairs for the Palmetto State Teachers Association, about the Legislature's latest efforts to expand school choice measures in South Carolina.