For many in South Carolina, the name Tucker Hipps symbolizes the painful reality of hazing—and the push for lasting reform. Tucker was a 19-year-old Clemson University student and Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge who tragically died in 2014 during a fraternity run. His death sparked outrage, activism, and ultimately, the passage of the Tucker Hipps Transparency […]
By: Chaya Tong – May 25, 2025 More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest — not as an unknown in a mass grave, but as a naval officer in Arlington National Cemetery. When the Navy first called to tell his daughter, Virginia Harbison, […]
Legislators clearly intended the law to take effect with electrical impulses that begin at six weeks into a pregnancy, justices wrote By: Skylar Laird COLUMBIA — A state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday maintains a six-week abortion ban in South Carolina. Issuing their third ruling on abortion since 2022, justices unanimously decided state law’s definition of “fetal […]
A $96 billion deal with Qatar Airways will give Boeing its largest order ever for South Carolina-made planes, the White House announced Wednesday. By: Shaun Chornobroff – May 14, 2025 The order of up to 210 jumbo jets is part of $244 billion worth of economic deals between the U.S. and Qatar agreed to while President Donald Trump is visiting […]
Legislators must still return in the coming weeks to finalize the state budget by Jessica Holdman, SC Daily Gazette May 8, 2025 COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators wrapped up a pair of bills in the final days of the legislative session that, a week before, seemed doubtful of becoming law this year. Without agreements reached […]
COLUMBIA — After weeks of negotiations, House and Senate leaders reached a compromise Tuesday on legislation that aims to drive down insurance premiums that have skyrocketed for businesses across South Carolina. The agreement, which passed the House on an unrecorded voice vote, came with two days left in the legislative session. The Senate will likely take a […]
