The State Election Commission voted Sept. 17 to remove Executive Director Howard Knapp. The vote comes as the SEC has been working with the Department of Justice on the release of state voter information.

South Carolina university police chiefs and state law enforcement testified about campus safety protocols and needs after the Charlie Kirk shooting death at a Utah college and the USC hoax call.

The South Carolina Supreme Court in a 5-0 decision denied a challenge to the state's seven congressional districts, currently broken down by six Republicans and one Democrat.

Clemson University said in a Sept. 16 statement that the Upstate college fired an employee and dismissed two faculty members over posts connected to Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college.

Police chiefs from five South Carolina universities will testify Sept. 16 at a S.C. House Education and Public Works subcommittee hearing about campus safety after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.

The S.C. Supreme Court on Sept. 11 reversed a circuit court judge's order that temporarily blocked the release of sensitive voter registration information to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Former South Carolina Republican Rep. RJ May of Lexington County was back in Columbia's federal courthouse on Sept. 4 as he faces 10 counts of distribution of child sexual abuse material.

The S.C. Attorney General's Office said in a Sept. 3 opinion that South Carolina's paid parental leave law includes stillbirths but said it would urge lawmakers to clarify the law.

“Charles Bierbauer was not only a trailblazing journalist and charismatic academic leader — he was a steadfast champion for public discourse in South Carolina, and his partnership with SCETV helped to enrich civic engagement and elevate our democracy," SCETV President and CEO Adrienne Fairwell said.

The South Carolina Department of Education said math scores have improved in the past two years. But overall scores still lag pre-pandemic levels of 45% in 2019.