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This edition of the South Carolina Lede for May 8, 2021, features: a look at the ramifications of Gov. Henry McMaster's decision to end federal unemployment benefits next month; updates from the final days of the state legislative session; a visit to Boone Fox Farm in Columbia, SC, for Mother's Day flower suggestions and spring gardening tips from horticulturalist Brinton Fox; and more.

Six of South Carolina's most influential lawmakers will get together soon to see if they can agree on a proposal to overhaul state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

South Carolina's governor has signed into law a bill that would allow college athletes in the state to make money or other benefits from their names and images.

Two controversial bills important to the Republican majority made it through the state legislature this week with a week to spare in this year’s session. Bills that could see the resumption of executions, and handguns allowed to be carried in public won final approval, and will soon be on the way to the Governor to be signed into law.

Two controversial bills important to the Republican majority made it through the state legislature this week with a week to spare in this year’s session. Bills that could see the resumption of executions, and handguns allowed to be carried in public won final approval, and will soon be on the way to the Governor to be signed into law.

South Carolina senators approved a bill Thursday allowing people with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns in the open.

South Carolina will leave the federal unemployment programs providing extra money to jobless residents in light of “unprecedented” workforce shortages across the state, Gov. Henry McMaster announced on Thursday.

An Army trainee has been arrested after authorities say he boarded a South Carolina school bus with a gun Thursday and held the driver and elementary students hostage before letting them off the bus.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has officially hired a Columbia-based political strategist to lead his campaign for a second full term in office.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Southern deluge that dumped several inches of rain in a few hours and spawned at least three tornadoes has eased. But homeowners and workers are now cleaning up a wide area across the Southeast. With heavy rains still falling near the Gulf Coast, crews used shovels and heavy machines to remove debris that covered roads and bridges as floodwaters receded in metro Birmingham. Some schools there opened late or held classes online because of high water. About 100,000 homes and businesses remained without power from Arkansas to Virginia at midday Wednesday. That's down from more than 240,000 earlier.