South Carolina Government News

From the "people are starting to get it" file, a group of protestors recently picketed the Pee Dee real estate office of powerful S.C. Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman .

"It became a cascade." Dale Carpenter, a friend who e-mailed those words from Minneapolis, was writing about the unexpectedly lopsided vote for same-sex marriage in the Minnesota House last week , but he might have been writing about the whole marriage movement.

S.C. Equality is both an organization and a principle. And we in South Carolina need to get on the right side of history and support both.

House Republicans are preparing for a full floor vote on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday.

South Carolina Republican Mark Sanford, not to be confused with Fred Sanford, defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a special election to determine who would fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

SC Equality is both an organization and a principle. And we in South Carolina need to get on the right side of history and support both.

"It is wonderful and we have been able to do that because we have had these larger jackpots in Mega Millions and Powerball, we do really well with those tickets, whether we win the big jackpot or not," Paula Harper Bethea, executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery.

The adoptive parents of a child born with male and female organs say South Carolina mutilated their son by choosing a gender and having his male genitalia surgically removed.

For well over a decade small businesses have complained loudly about the affordability of health insurance.

A critically ill and pregnant 22-year-old woman in El Salvador testified before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the justices to grant her a life-saving abortion.

Put me down as happy to see former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford coming back to Washington.

Congressman Mark Sanford has returned to frontline politics after ensuring "hiking the Appalachian Trail" became a euphemism for infidelity.

ATR President Grover Norquist sent the following letter to Senators in South Carolina in opposition to HB 3412, legislation being considered by the General Assembly.

A couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of South Carolina for what they say was an unnecessary sexual assignment surgery performed on a toddler they later adopted.

A couple is suing the state of South Carolina for what they say was unnecessary sexual assignment surgery on a toddler they adopted.

Mark Sanford has given the Republican Party of Florida ideas. If Sanford could run against Nancy Pelosi in the special election in South Carolina's First Congressional District and win despite his major personal baggage, maybe running against Pelosi will work for Florida Republican candidates! Hence this mailer : "For millions of Americans, the ... (more)

A couple is suing the state of South Carolina for what they say was unnecessary sexual assignment surgery on a toddler they adopted.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been speculating about the White House's role in the IRS scandal since the story broke, said Tuesday that we can't be sure if the White House is involved, "So, this morning, I'm calling on the president to make available, completely and without restriction, everyone who can answer the questions we ... (more)

PBS has announced that Season 4 of British period drama "Downton Abbey" will premiere on Jan.