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With a $2 billion spending plan due by June, Clemson University trustees have ordered cuts to turn around an “unsustainable” trend of rising costs and slower revenue growth.
SC Senate budget proposal includes data center regulations, lawmaker pay raises. What else is in it?
The South Carolina Senate added several new provisions to its version of the state budget this week, including liquor liability relief, data center regulations and aid for farmers.
The S.C. Department of Education is suing the Limestone Charter Association over what it says are ongoing problems with how the defunct charter authorizer shut down.
Gas prices are above $3 due to the War in Iran and may stay that way for a while, but there are ways to save money at gas stations like Circle K, Shell, Sunoco and Spinx. Here’s how you can cut costs.
The new art cafe and studio is offering 10 “menu” items ranging from an oil pastel palette to a jewelry tasting board. Read moreArts and community are on the menu at new ‘cafe’ now open in Cayce
Cubs is stocked with veteran local musicians, and that experience shows on “Meet Me At The Rocket,” a standout indie rock album sprinkled with great stylistic departures. Read moreVeterans of some of Columbia’s quintessential 2010s bands keep going with Cubs
The troll toll has not yet been paid by Cayce, where a meeting will be held next week for the public to learn more about the public art project. Read moreWill Cayce install $355K troll? With decision up in the air, residents will get to weigh in.
The rebranding comes with other organizational changes to the long-running event, which shuts down a major bridge for a sunset dinner over the river. Read moreGervais Street Bridge Dinner rebrands with new name and nonprofit status
From rosé to light reds, here’s what local sommeliers and wine experts recommend for Columbia’s famously hot summers. Read moreSeasonal sipping: Here’s what wines are trending in Columbia this summer
There are several homes with historic connections currently on the market in the Midlands, ranging from early 1900s cottages near downtown Columbia to expansive estates farther afield. Read moreTraveling through time: Historic home listings in the Midlands, from Columbia to Camden
SC Senate budget proposal includes data center regulations, lawmaker pay raises. What else is in it?
The South Carolina Senate added several new provisions to its version of the state budget this week, including liquor liability relief, data center regulations and aid for farmers. Read moreSC Senate budget proposal includes data center regulations, lawmaker pay raises. What else is in it?
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South Carolina's Brandon Cisse is on his way to the NFL. The Sumter native, who played two years at N.C. State before transferring to the Gamecocks, was drafted on April 24. Read moreGamecocks' Brandon Cisse off the board in second day of NFL draft
The arrest of a scarved woman at a Charleston protest should remind us that South Carolina's anti-mask law tramples too far on the right to protest peacefully. Read moreEditorial: SC criminal mask law overdue for an update
South Carolina has an opportunity to modernize not just how we deliver transportation, but how we govern it as well. Read moreCommentary: I would give up my seat to modernize SC's transportation system
The recent $24 million renovation of Finlay Park, one of downtown Columbia's most important public spaces, shows the value of reinvesting and maintaining our urban spaces. Read moreEditorial: Finlay Park shows renovating a public space is only half the job
When the North Charleston police chief tried to purge internal affairs records, he exposed a deep flaw in South Carolina’s records retention law: It’s focused on getting rid of routine information. Read moreScoppe: N Charleston police file purge revealed flaw in SC records retention law