Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette Customers of South Carolina’s state owned utility could again see their monthly power bills rise — by more than $13 a month over the next two years for the standard residential customer — as the early...
Steve Reel, formerly Vice President of Knight’s Companies Redi-Mix Division, was recently promoted to the position of Redi-Mix Chief Operating Officer (COO). To learn more, visit knightscompanies.com.
Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette After facing costly heating bills this winter, consumers shouldn’t expect relief for the summer months, according to new projections for household utility costs. The National Energy Assistance...
South Carolina Atty. Gen. Alan Wilson announced May 1, 2026, that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective, capping nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for it to add the dangerous new drug cychlorphine to the list of controlled substances. In a letter to FDA Commissioner...
The Duke Endowment and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have launched an initiative to strengthen maternal and infant health outcomes across the Carolinas by expanding MUSC’s H.E.A.R. (Healing, Equity, Advocacy and Respect) 4 Mamas...
Consumer Edge, the leading provider of global consumer data-driven insights, released its U.S. Grocery Outlook 2026, showing that shoppers are changing where they buy groceries, with specialty retailers gaining market share and traditional...
Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette South Carolina is helping 272 educators, nurses, dental assistants, social workers, police officers, firefighters, paramedics and military members buy a home this year. The state affordable housing agency...
SC Launch Inc., the investment affiliate of the South Carolina Research Authority, announced a $400,000 investment in SafeMedWaste. Officials said the Johns Island-based startup created a better way to dispose of controlled substances without...
Payroll employment in South Carolina declined by 5,100 jobs (0.2 percent) during February, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, increasing slightly by 0.1 percentage...
As coastal communities expand and development continues to grow in hurricane‑prone regions, more families and homes are increasingly in the path of damaging storms each year. Ahead of National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 3–9), the...
Teaching wasn’t Dr. Christie Palladino’s first career, but Thursday she was named South Carolina’s Teacher of the Year. The Aiken County Career and Technology Center teacher started out as an obstetrician-gynecologist and medical researcher, but...
GCG Advisory Partners ("GCG"), parent company of GCG Wealth Management, announced that Gunderson Capital Management, an independent, nationally-recognized RIA firm based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with over $420 million in AUM, has joined...
The filing and payment deadline for most 2025 federal tax returns is April 15, 2026. There are exceptions for taxpayers in a disaster area, combat zone or living and working abroad, according to the Internal Revenue...
The U.S. Census Bureau released a series of data tables of the most common first and last names reported in the 2020 Census. Highlights: Eight of the top 15 last names in 1790, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 have stayed in the top 15...
A new report released by MHI and Deloitte finds that artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed as the most disruptive supply chain technology for the next decade. The 2026 MHI Annual Industry Report, “Rewiring the Future: A Supply Chain Playbook for...
Gov. Henry McMaster was joined April 15, 2026, by members of the South Carolina General Assembly and other state leaders for a ceremonial bill signing of H. 4216, the Income Tax bill. The new legislation simplifies South Carolina’s...
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina-based Apollon Wealth Management, LLC announced the completion of its acquisition of Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm founded in 2014. Officials said the acquisition adds a...
As the U.S. confronts a critical shortage of skilled trades workers, the Lowe's Foundation announced an expanded $250 million commitment to help train and develop 250,000 tradespeople by 2035 through its Gable Grants program. The...
Payroll employment in South Carolina increased by 5,400 jobs (0.2 percent), on net, during January. Most job gains were in government (2,000 jobs), trade, transportation and utilities (1,700 jobs) and education and health services (1,400 jobs),...