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Aug 8, 2025

4th Circuit affirms Walmart win in ADA, FMLA, Title VII suit

The 4th Circuit upheld summary judgment for Walmart in a South Carolina suit over ADA, Title VII, and FMLA claims after pregnancy.

South Carolina will share in a 10-state, nine-figure settlement with opioid producers. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 15, 2025

SC to receive $10M in opioid settlement with 8 drugmakers

South Carolina will get up to $10 million from a $720 million opioid settlement involving eight pharmaceutical companies, state officials announced.

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Jul 9, 2025

Death row inmate seeks to drop counsel

A South Carolina death row inmate wants to drop his legal team to speed up his execution, despite concerns over his mental health history.

Jun 27, 2025

Supreme Court: States can cut Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON — States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. […]

May 7, 2025

Court rules SC tax credit is annual

South Carolina Court of Appeals says $5M investment tax credit is annual, overturning lifetime cap interpretation in Duke Energy case.

May 7, 2025

South Carolina Supreme Court upholds contested eviction order

South Carolina Supreme Court reinstates eviction, ruling magistrates can proceed even if tenants dispute landlord's title to the property.

Mikal Mahdi has chosen death by firing squad for his execution, which is set for April 11. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Mar 31, 2025

Second inmate chooses death by firing squad

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by that method. Mikal […]

State Rep. Bruce Bannister, chair of his chamber’s Ways and Means Committee, speaks at a news conference on tax cuts Tuesday in Columbia. (Associated Press)
Mar 26, 2025

Legislators tout sub-4% flat tax plan

COLUMBIA — The constant push to cut income taxes in South Carolina accelerated significantly Tuesday as the Republican governor and leaders of the House and Senate came together to promise […]

Mar 13, 2025

Lawyers suspended over nonpayment of fees

Ten lawyers with practices in South Carolina have had their licenses suspended for not having paid license fees, an order from the state’s Supreme Court says. Another 13 lawyers practicing […]

The South Carolina General Assembly recently passed and the governor signed into law a bill toughening penalties on organized retail thieves. (Depositphotos.com)
Mar 10, 2025

Organized thieves challenged by new law

A new state law takes aim at highly organized retailed thieves. Prefiled slightly more than three months ago in the South Carolina House, H. 3523 cleared its final General Assembly […]

Unless South Carolina’s governor or the courts intervene, Brad Sigmon will be executed today by firing squad for the baseball bat slayings of his former girlfriend’s parents. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Mar 7, 2025

SC inmate set to die by firing squad

COLUMBIA — When the clock strikes 6 p.m. today, Brad Sigmon will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart. […]

Some details from complaints against South Carolina judges will be made public, the state's Supreme Court said in an order published Wednesday. (Associated Press file)
Feb 13, 2025

Justices again take up abortion issue

COLUMBIA — With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place in South Carolina, lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood returned to the state’s highest court Wednesday to argue how […]


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