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The 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks South Carolina 38th among states for overall child wellbeing. That's two places higher than in the foundation's 2024 report.

A former employee of Limestone University has filed a class action lawsuit against the now-shuttered college, claiming it did not provide adequate notice of impending layoffs.

Hurricane Helene left catastrophic damage across South Carolina, making it the deadliest storm in the state's history. This hurricane season, the state government is hoping to be more prepared. Governor Henry McMaster hosted the annual hurricane tabletop exercise on June 5, joined by his cabinet and other state officials.

A South Carolina state senator has filed a lawsuit to stop a budget measure from taking effect in July that would raise in-district pay for the state's 170 legislators. State Sen. Wes Climer, a York County Republican, filed the complaint June 6 with another plaintiff, Carol Herring, asking the state Supreme Court to quickly intervene and stop the release of state dollars that would boost lawmakers' pay for in-district expenses to $2,500-a-month, up from $1,000.

Duke Energy has announced a proposal to build a new natural gas plant in the Upstate. The Charlotte-based company said Monday it plans to seek approval from the Public Service Commission to build a 1,400-megawatt plant in Anderson County that Gov. Henry McMaster said will help meet the state's growing energy demands.

AESC, an electric car battery maker, says it's hitting pause on construction of the company's $1.6 billion facility in Florence County. In a Thursday statement, AESC cited policy and market uncertainty for the pause. State and local leaders were informed of the decision Thursday.