Feb 04 Democrats vote to change order of 2024 presidential primary By Will Weissert, Associated Press The Democratic Party on Saturday approved the reordering of its 2024 presidential primary, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot. Continue reading
Jan 28 Trump launches 2024 run with visits to New Hampshire, South Carolina By Meg Kinnard, Holly Ramer, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop Saturday in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina, appearances in early-voting states marking the first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago. Continue reading
Jan 06 Judges rule South Carolina racially gerrymandered U.S. House district By James Pollard, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Friday that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago were intentionally redrawn to split Black neighborhoods to dilute their voting power. Continue reading
Jan 05 South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban By James Pollard, Associated Press The court issued a 3-2 decision Thursday saying the restriction enacted by the Deep South state violates a state constitutional right to privacy. Continue reading
Dec 02 Democrats vote to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st primary state By Will Weissert, Associated Press The Democratic National Committee's rule-making arm made the move Friday to strip Iowa from the position it has held for more than four decades after technical meltdowns sparked chaos and marred results of the state's 2020 caucus. Continue reading
Dec 02 Report: Biden wants South Carolina as 1st primary vote in 2024 By Zeke Miller, Meg Kinnard, Will Weissert, Associated Press President Joe Biden says Democrats should give up "restrictive" caucuses and move to champion diversity in the order of their presidential primary calendar. Continue reading
Nov 09 Effort to further restrict abortion in South Carolina fails By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press After a dozen meetings and sessions over the summer and fall, South Carolina efforts to pass a stricter abortion law have failed. Senators Wednesday rejected a House-backed proposal and House members didn't return for another meeting to try and work… Continue reading
Oct 18 South Carolina Senate again rejects abortion ban, but the bill is not dead By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press South Carolina senators have again rejected a proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state. But they left open a small chance Tuesday some compromise could be reached. Continue reading
Oct 03 As Ian's remnants move offshore, dangers persist in storm's wake By Bobby Caina Calvan, Mike Schneider, Associated Press Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places. Continue reading
Oct 01 Death toll rises to 47 in Florida, 4 in North Carolina in wake of Hurricane Ian By Rebecca Santana, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock… Continue reading