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DeSantis begins ramping up South Carolina outreach for 2024, with backing from state lawmakers

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies are starting to lay the groundwork for a presidential campaign in South Carolina, moving to build a political operation and court local leaders in a state likely to be fiercely competitive in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Presidential hopefuls are considering these 5 practical factors before launching their 2024 campaigns

The 2024 race for the White House is in motion. Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden said in October 2022 that he intends to seek a second term, even if he stopped short of making an official announcement. But – in what is expected to be a crowded Republican field –…

The Conversation

Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad

Four other states — Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina — also currently permit executions by firing squad, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

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Four-star Josiah Thompson sets commitment date

Four-star offensive tackle recruit Josiah Thompson has Georgia in his top schools. Where is he favored to commit?

USA Today Sports Media Group

South Carolina Somehow Keeps Getting Better—And That’s Terrifying

The undefeated Gamecocks have a defense that forces teams to look unrecognizable, which is what happened against UCLA.

Sports Illustrated

Saints put first-round CB prospect Cam Smith through private workout

The New Orleans Saints put South Carolina CB Cam Smith through a private workout. What's their interest in the first-round draft prospect?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Police called to Rihanna’s Los Angeles home after man tries to propose to the singer

The unnamed man, who was arrested for trespassing, had travelled from South Carolina

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South Carolina legislature considers amendment to appoint rather than elect state comptroller

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Ballotpedia

The Senate Ethics Committee warns Lindsey Graham for fundraising in Senate building

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was sent a letter Thursday, in which the Senate Ethics Committee found he violated its rule about asking for campaign donations in federal buildings.

WEKU

SC Senate OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns

The Independent UK

South Carolina’s top accountant to resign after $3.5 billion accounting error

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.

Tribune News Service

South Carolina GOP senators consider ban on transgender care for children, joining a growing list of states

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of South Carolina Republican lawmakers are looking to join a handful of other states that have passed restrictions on certain medical care for transgender children.

Tribune News Service

Army: Decorated soldier killed in South Carolina shooting

The U.S. Army is identifying a decorated 20-year soldier as one of the five people killed in a shooting at a South Carolina home

The Independent UK

South Carolina's comptroller quits after a $3.5 billion accounting error

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.

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Ethics Committee admonishes Graham for fundraising in Senate building

South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham received a public letter of admonition from the Ethics Committee for fundraising in a Senate building.

The Independent UK

Mom of teen found dead near Murdaugh home warns killer: ‘I don’t care what your name is, you need to be punished’

Stephen Smith’s mother spoke out after SLED announced that her son’s death was finally being investigated as a homicide

Ballotpedia

South Carolina legislature considering amendment to make comptroller an appointed rather than elected position

South Carolina legislators are considering a constitutional amendment to make the state comptroller appointed by the governor rather than elected. If passed by both chambers of the legislature, it would appear on the 2024 ballot for voter approval.

The Independent UK

South Carolina comptroller to resign after $3.5B error

Embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw

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Soldier shoots own children, 5 and 6, dead as they slept before killing himself

Charles Slacks Jr. let himself in the home of his ex-wife in Sumter, South Carolina and killed a man, then three children, two of which were his own, before he killed himself

The Independent UK

Police: 5 dead, including three kids, at South Carolina home

Officials said Wednesday that a former soldier shot and killed an active duty member of the U.S. Army and three children at a home in South Carolina before killing himself

The Independent UK

Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost

A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surround the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh

The Independent UK

Sen. Scott poised to give 2024 'political update' to donors

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is inching ever closer to a presidential bid in 2024, scheduling his latest swing through early-voting states before returning to home afterward to give a “political update” to donors

Tribune News Service

Q&A: GOP freshman class president Russell Fry talks dad jokes, new House Republicans and Trump

WASHINGTON — South Carolina freshman Russell Fry came to Congress by beating Rep. Tom Rice, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Ballotpedia

2024 presidential candidates campaign in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Ohio

As of March 15, 2024, five noteworthy candidates are running in the 2024 presidential election, including one Democrat and four Republicans.

The Independent UK

Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant

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