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Policy on rural broadband was revised to support requiring companies that win broadband loans or grants to quickly complete projects in underserved rural areas. Delegates also directed AFBF to press more forcefully for reform of the current requirements for small-scale meat, dairy and value-added processing facilities.

The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are taught in the state’s K-12 schools.

E-Verify was created in 1996 by the Department of Homeland Security to allow businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United ... of states have adopted laws mandating E-Verify, including Florida and South Carolina in ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, appointing the South Dakota governor to oversee crucial national security functions, including border security and immigration enforcement.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to make her debut behind the podium as the White House holds its first official news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Leavitt is certain to get questions related to the White House budget office’s decision to pause all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

The General used Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine the counties with the most car repair shops in South Carolina.

The biggest barrier for young SC farmers entering the industry is financial. Purchasing land and obtaining equipment is often more than they can afford.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week in a sign that the labor market remains strong.

Gov. Henry McMaster touted South Carolina’s economic successes in his 2025 State of the State Address as he laid out his goals and his legislative wish list for the new year.

South Carolina closed 2024 on a high note, achieving significant milestones in employment, labor force participation, and job growth. According to the S.C. Depa