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Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to know when lawmakers are in Columbia. They'll post news, important schedules, photos/videos and behind-the-scenes interviews with policymakers.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 17, 2024: we look at what’s going on this week from the statehouse to Congress; Sen. Lindsey Graham shares his thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary; a look back on the lives of Congressman John Spratt and former state Sen. Kay Patterson; and more!

The chair of the S.C. Senate Education Committee on Dec. 10, 2024, proposed the state spend lottery dollars in the budget on private school tuition scholarships to get around the Constitution's prohibition on spending taxpayer dollars on private education costs.

Welcome to SCETV and South Carolina Public Radio's newest blog, of sorts, previewing and capturing what goes on at the South Carolina Statehouse.

Sumter Republican Murrell Smith was reelected Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, to serve his second two-year term as speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

When the Legislature is in session, S.C. Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter will report what you need to know when lawmakers are in Columbia, with insider news, important meeting schedules, photos, video, and behind-the-scenes interview clips with the state's policymakers.

The South Carolina 2025 legislative session starts Jan. 14, 2025.

The challenge is clear: South Carolina’s population and economic sector is growing fast. It's growing so fast that state leaders and utility executives say they are concerned that the need for energy may outpace the utilities’ ability to generate enough electricity to meet demand.

More than 1 million of South Carolina's more than 3.4 million registered voters have cast early ballots in the 2024 general election, according to the State Election Commission.

The S.C. Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision struck down part of a state law that would have allowed public tax dollars to be used to primarily offset the cost of private school tuition.