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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Plans to exhume Stephen Smith’s body are proceeding rapidly and will involve a team of state and national experts, one of the attorneys for Stephen Smith’s mother said Friday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen worked against the clock with other regulators, lawmakers and business leaders to come up with a plan that would prevent a full blown banking crisis

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top accountant Richard Eckstrom says he will resign effective April 30 after disclosing to state lawmakers that he inflated the state’s cash balances for a decade, eventually reaching about $3.5 billion.

Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's decision to leave the post he has held for 20 years came after scrutiny of his performance following the blunder in a year-end financial report.

Ron DeSantis’ first foray into world affairs as a potential presidential candidate hasn’t gone well. DeSantis’ dismissive description of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “a territorial dispute” that doesn’t merit U.S. attention spawned a gale of fervent pushback from top Senate Republicans and others in the party.

A watchdog group finds that the ex-president has been accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses since he launched his campaign in 2015 and has never been indicted.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Some begin their day with a cup of coffee. Every morning when he wakes up, Bobby Donaldson checks the obituaries.

He's one of several notable high school football players who announced their college commitments over the weekend.

The size of deposits covered by federal bank rescues has lawmakers talking about the discipline of a cap on deposit insurance.