The Rev. Jesse Jackson has begun meeting with the hundreds of workers occupying a Chicago factory that they say gave them just three days’ notice before closing.
   

Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he will do everything he can to fight another round of bailouts, though he acknowledged he can’t do much.

The selection of Georgia Tech will be officially announced at a
news conference on Wednesday at the school.

State agencies in South Carolina are being asked how they’ll handle 15 percent in budget cuts.

President-elect Barack Obama Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, keeps Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.

South Carolina Treasurer Converse Chellis wants the state to hold off paying a $176,500 bonus to the man chiefly responsible for making the state’s retirement investment decisions.

Gun enthusiasts can buy their guns tax-free in South Carolina on Friday and Saturday.

State Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom’s calls for speedy action on the state’s budget’s problems appear to be going nowhere fast.

Gov. Mark Sanford wants agencies to set aside 4 percent of their funding to prepare for budget cuts.

President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet is taking shape as the Democrat moves quickly to select officials for his administration.

South Carolina’s jobless rate hit 8 percent in October - the highest in 25 years.

Spokesman Philippe Reines and other Clinton officials flatly denied reports Friday that Hilary Clinton had accepted Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of State.

South Carolina prison officials want to show how technology available to the federal government can help keep state prisons safer, and they aren’t letting a federal law stand in their way.

An aide to Barack Obama’s transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.

The three soldiers between the ages of 19 and 21 died in a one-month period in September and October.