Just vacationing: How to welcome some of South Carolina’s most vulnerable...
South Carolinians aren’t the only ones who spend their summers in the Palmetto State’s many rivers and creeks. Manatees periodically venture north every year from their Florida homes as the waters...
View Article4 plead guilty in federal court after corruption investigation
Two former North Charleston City Council members and two others pleaded guilty Feb. 28 to federal corruption charges in cases that are rocking North Charleston city hall. Four others were indicted. The...
View ArticleNew gallery space offers local works, body art
Art often challenges us to stretch our imagination, shift perspective and adopt — or, at least, acknowledge — viewpoints outside of our normal frames of reference. That’s why we may seek it and spend...
View ArticleBlotter: Potluck, anyone?
Reports taken from Feb. 21 to March 1 Potluck, anyone? A Mount Pleasant man on Feb. 21 reportedly stole several packages of raw pork and crab meat from a Johnnie Dodds Boulevard grocery store. Security...
View ArticleLocal venues lineup headliners for spring
Springtime is for lovers — music lovers. From blues to bluegrass, Gary Clark, Jr. to Gladys Knight, homegrown funk to a Hendrix review, the performance calendar in and around Charleston is packed with...
View ArticleStegelin: Do not worry, America
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View ArticleAriail: Tim Scott is here to help
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View ArticleCharleston City Paper 28.32: Mar. 7, 2025
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View ArticleCharleston’s women in food dish on their industry
In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8) and a week dedicated to food (hello, Charleston Wine + Food!), we asked several local women in the food and beverage industry what it means to be a woman...
View ArticleMeasure passes first hurdle to stem liquor liability crisis
On Thursday, a unanimous S.C. House came down firmly on the “narrow” side of that debate, even as the S.C. Senate appeared to kill a broad lawsuit reform bill sponsored by Sen. Majority Leader Shane...
View ArticleMystery Photo: Brick fence
Here’s an old brick fence somewhere in South Carolina. Where is it? Bonus points: What is it? Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com. The post Mystery Photo: Brick...
View ArticleWeek in review: S.C. House members get first look at 2025-26 state budget
Members of the S.C. House on Monday will start consideration of the $14.1 billion state budget, a document they’ve been reviewing for the last week or so. The post Week in review: S.C. House members...
View ArticleTrump tariffs lead to ‘stagflation’ concerns
President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff announcements over the past six weeks have some experts using a dirty word most Americans haven’t heard since the darkest economic days of the 1970s....
View ArticleBrack: Skipping down Columbia’s craziness lane
About this time every year, the South Carolina General Assembly has been in session long enough to figure out the craziness trajectory of the year. On a scale of 1 (not crazy) to 10 (nutso), this year...
View ArticleThis week: On Trump tariffs, new budget, crazy lane
In the full 24.10 issue of Statehouse Report: On Trump's tariffs and stagflation; first look at state budget; and skipping down Columbia's craziness lane. The post This week: On Trump tariffs, new...
View ArticleReview: Charleston Stage dusts off The Glass Menagerie with aplomb
The late, great Tennessee Williams’s so-dubbed memory play, The Glass Menagerie, requires as fine a hand to coax out its abiding luster in many ways as does its character Laura when ministering to her...
View ArticlePhoto essay: Ma’am Saab hosts zesty CF+W Sunday brunch
The Sunday brunch at Ma’am Saab in downtown Charleston was so good last year that Ray and Janet Caputo came back this year during Charleston Food + Wine Festival. The post Photo essay: Ma’am Saab hosts...
View ArticleLocal business targets single-use plastic pollution
Charleston entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch to straws that break down organically in just two months. The post Local...
View ArticleSouth Carolina women crush Texas to win SEC basketball championship
MORNING HEADLINES | South Carolina's women's basketball team smacked Texas 64-45 Sunday in Greenville to win its third consecutive Southeastern Conference title. It was the team’s ninth conference...
View ArticlePechaKucha 47 to offer creative spurts of inspiration
Nine members of Charleston’s creative community will ignite the minds of people attending PechaKucha 47 at 7 p.m. March 18 by sharing what inspires them. The post PechaKucha 47 to offer creative spurts...
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