Several South Carolina metro areas were ranked highly in a recent report. Others were average, and some more rural areas did poorly. Charleston ranked near top.
School boards in South Carolina have traditionally been nonpartisan. A new group that has emerged opposite the South Carolina School Boards Association has raised concern that is changing.
Capital city council members have been paid the same for nearly two decades. Now, if approved, the raise would make Columbia council members among the highest-paid in the state.
Failed plans for a resort and living community on Lake Murray brought to light the need for some revisions to South Carolina s standing legislation around annexation, said Rep. Chris Wooten,