The Senate on Dec. 18 confirmed former state prisons director Bryan Stirling to serve as South Carolina's United States attorney, almost eight months after his appointment and swearing-in ceremony.

South Carolina Public Radio's Maayan Schechter speaks with former solicitor and former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian about his new crime book out Dec. 16 called "Dig Me a Grave" about serial killer "Pee Wee" Gaskins.

A South Carolina House Committee focused on infrastructure policy and spending will draft legislation to help accelerate infrastructure projects, permitting and resources and address congestion.

South Carolina's Department of Education budget request says the agency will ask the Legislature next year to spend $150 million to help raise the state's minimum teacher pay to $50,500.

Former S.C. Rep. RJ May, who is awaiting federal sentencing for child sexual abuse material charges, is charged with three counts of failing to file and pay his state income taxes for three years.

A restrictive anti-abortion bill that would ban the procedure at conception and strike most exceptions allowed in the state's current six-week law failed to advance to the full Senate Medical Affairs Committee on Nov. 18.

South Carolina lawmakers are restarting discussions about regulating hemp-derived consumable products. At the same time, the U.S. Senate passed a measure targeting hemp in the bill to reopen the government.

SC Public Radio's Maayan Schechter asks Michael Leach, the former director of South Carolina's Department of Social Services, about how states should communicate about SNAP during the government shutdown.

South Carolina farmers who harvest soybeans say the future is unclear after the closure of the sole crush plant in the Town of Kershaw and the U.S. trade war with China, a major soybean buyer.

The Republican nominee vying to represent a Lexington County seat in the South Carolina House will be John Lastinger after the pastor won a GOP runoff Nov. 4, according to unofficial election results.