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USC announces 3.15% tuition hike as state funds projected to fall

The University of South Carolina again is raising tuition and fees at the lowest rate since 1999 even as the school’s state funding dwindles. 31 minutes ago

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WARREN BOLTON

Bolton: Thanks to two sons who help me be a better dad

My two sons have taught me so much about how to be a father simply through how they always encourage me, never give up on me and constantly seek my time and input. Thanks for helping me grow.
EDITORIALS

Editorial: Do what it takes to dismantle Budget and Control Board

IT’S STARTING to feel like Groundhog Day around the State House.
POLITICS

SC senator resigns amid ethics probe, case goes to SLED

State Sen. Robert Ford now faces a state criminal investigation, following a Senate ethics probe that led to his resignation Friday.
CRIME

Guilty, Parker gets life without parole

A gasp came first and then sobs as 13 months of grief and tension spilled into a courtroom after Irmo bookie Brett Parker was found guilty Tuesday night of two counts of murder.
CRIME

Spring Valley teen, 16, killed in Richland County wreck; brother, friend injured

The 18-year-old driver of a BMW that crashed early Friday morning on Shallow Brook Road in Richland County, killing his 16-year-old brother, was intoxicated, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
CRIME

Brett Parker's teen daughter takes stand in Dad's defense

Brooke Parker, 14, gave gut-wrenching testimony Thursday in a day filled with drama and unusual twists in the courtroom.
POLITICS

SC Senate kills last effort to expand Medicaid

The vote was 23-19, with two Republicans – Ray Cleary of Georgetown and Paul Campbell of Berkeley County – joining all of the Senate’s 17 Democrats present in voting for the expansion. Four senators, one Democrat and three Republicans, were absent.
LOCAL NEWS

No one hurt as fire forces 140 workers out of plant

An early Thursday morning fire at Wabtec Global Services forced more than 140 employees to evacuate the building, the Columbia Fire Department reported.
ELECTIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THE MIDLANDS

Orangeburg elections chief to lead Richland elections office

After meeting with Howard Jackson behind closed doors for about 35 minutes, the four-person Board of Elections & Voter Registration chose the Orangeburg County elections director to lead the $1.2 million office.
CRIME

Columbia couple sues state over toddler’s sexual-reassignment surgery

The lawsuits, filed Tuesday in state and federal courts, are the first of their kind in the nation, said Ken Suggs, a Columbia-based attorney, who joined Mark and Pam Crawford and other civil-rights advocacy groups to announce the suits.