Taxpayers will spend about $115,000 for two-day session.

A new report by the Southern Regional Education Board ranks South Carolina near the bottom of the nation on graduation rates and says half the state’s high schools are “dropout factories”.

Doctors and health officials are worried that a lot of pregnant women won’t get flu vaccines because of concern for their babies, but the flu poses a much bigger risk.

State lawmakers say they were surprised to learn that the state pays unemployment benefits to some people who are fired for misconduct or quit their jobs.

Lawmakers say the governor’s job is safe for now.

Sanford’s lawyers want the court to order the state Ethics Commission to keep its report secret.

Thousands of South Carolina’s unemployed will miss out on additional benefits after state officials failed to take the steps necessary to secure them.

The country’s two big-jackpot lotteries have agreed to cross-sell tickets, meaning South Carolina players will soon be able to buy MegaMillions tickets they now have to drive to Georgia to get.

A South Carolina board has unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner who were executed for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.

The H1N1 vaccine has arrived in South Carolina, but there is only a limited supply currently available to the public. According to DHEC, it will be a while before the vaccine is widely available for public consumption.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says an autopsy has determined that the cause of death of a soldier at Fort Jackson was heatstroke.

A member of Governor Mark Sanford’s security detail will be charged with speeding after a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 385 in Laurens County in which Sanford was a passenger in the vehicle.

The South Carolina College Tuition Prepayment Program is the latest victim of the nation’s struggling economy. State officials say the program, that allows parents to pay future college tuition using today’s rates, is anywhere from $30 million to $60 million dollars in debt. Ideally, the state invests the money parents pay into the program and when the student is ready to attend college there would be enough to pay for tuition.

Victims of domestic violence were remembered during the annual Silent Witness Ceremony at the state capital Tuesday. The names of the 26 women and six men who lost their lives as the result of domestic violence in 2008 were read aloud as a silhouette representing each person was carried down the steps of the State House. A 33rd silhouette was included to represent the potential unknown victims.

The first shipment of the H1N1 vaccine is scheduled to arrive in South Carolina this week. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control says 25,500 doses of the nasal spray vaccine are on their way to the state. According to DHEC, since September 1, seven people have died and 145 people have been hospitalized from influenza in South Carolina.