South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has held a ceremonial bill signing in the hot summer sun to assure the air conditioners across the state will keep humming well into the future.

A large wildfire in the South Carolina mountains has doubled in size on each of the last three days.

Emergency crews in at least three states are battling small wildfires.

Hurricane Helene has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone after making landfall overnight in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

A special House committee dedicated to countering China is beginning its work, with a prime-time hearing on Tuesday designed to awaken Americans to the dangers the Chinese government poses to the United States’ economy and security.

South Carolina’s state-owned utility appears to have survived four years of turmoil to remain public.