A new study shows that student performance in South Carolina schools has improved, but results on narrowing the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students are mixed. However, achievement gaps narrowed only at the high school level. The gaps were mixed for middle schools and widened at the elementary level.

Campaign contributions to attorney general Henry McMaster from attorneys he hired to help with a major state lawsuit may violate state ethics law.

The South Carolina Revenue Department has found several dozen unprocessed tax returns in the desk of an employee who recently left her job.

South Carolina businesses might have to pay more for each employee over the next couple of years to rebuild the state unemployment benefit fund.

Drivers in South Carolina were wondering Tuesday why AMBER Alert signs gave no details, telling them only to “Tune to local media”.

The president is pushing for schools to add time to classes, to stay open later and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.

A nationwide ammunition shortage is making it difficult for some South Carolina handgun owners to find bullets.

The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is warning homeowners about some “mortgage relief” companies that are taking homeowners’ money without giving any relief.

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is writing a memoir that will be published next May.

Benedict College is now moving 251 students out of a makeshift dorm that the county fire marshal ordered evacuated as an immediate threat to safety.

Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America’s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he’s doing about the state’s high unemployment rate.

On the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, South Carolina is safer, according to law enforcement officials.

The SC Department of Consumer Affairs wants to make sure you understand recent changes to your credit card accounts, and explain more changes coming in February.

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a child safety checklist for parents to use for their children.

State agencies will lose 4 percent of their budgets as South Carolina’s financial oversight board deals with lagging tax collections.