The Internal Revenue Service on April 16, 2026, announced a new online tool to help taxpayers understand and resolve tax debt. Officials said the Tax Debt Help tool provides individuals and businesses with a simple, accessible way to...

To strengthen communities across South Carolina as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, Duke Energy Foundation is awarding $275,000 to nonprofit organizations through a first round of funding as part of its America250 initiative. The...

Collections from taxpayers included on the South Carolina Department of Revenue’s Top Delinquent Taxpayers lists crossed the $50 million mark in 2025, the agency announced Wednesday. The SCDOR launched the Top Delinquent Taxpayers lists in 2020....

South Carolina Manufacturers and Commerce (SCMC) announced April 30, 2026, that Bluffton’s Downtown Deli & Catering was the recipient of the 2026 SCMC Small Business of the Year Award during its annual Small Business Day at the South...

There’s a new text scam the Federal Trade Commission is hearing about. It involves fake recruiters offering fake jobs, stealing real money. Here’s how these scams work — and how to avoid them, according to the FTC:  The (fake) recruiters...

               The U.S. Census Bureau on May 1, 2026, invited households in select parts of the Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, metro areas to begin...

Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette Customers of South Carolina’s state owned utility could again see their monthly power bills rise — by more than $13 a month over the next two years for the standard residential customer — as the early...

Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette After facing costly heating bills this winter, consumers shouldn’t expect relief for the summer months, according to new projections for household utility costs.  The National Energy Assistance...

South Carolina Atty. Gen. Alan Wilson announced May 1, 2026, that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective, capping nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for it to add the dangerous new drug cychlorphine to the list of controlled substances. In a letter to FDA Commissioner...

The Duke Endowment and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have launched an initiative to strengthen maternal and infant health outcomes across the Carolinas by expanding MUSC’s H.E.A.R. (Healing, Equity, Advocacy and Respect) 4 Mamas...

Consumer Edge, the leading provider of global consumer data-driven insights, released its U.S. Grocery Outlook 2026, showing that shoppers are changing where they buy groceries, with specialty retailers gaining market share and traditional...

Courtesy of South Carolina Daily Gazette South Carolina is helping 272 educators, nurses, dental assistants, social workers, police officers, firefighters, paramedics and military members buy a home this year. The state affordable housing agency...

Payroll employment in South Carolina declined by 5,100 jobs (0.2 percent) during February, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, increasing slightly by 0.1 percentage...

 As coastal communities expand and development continues to grow in hurricane‑prone regions, more families and homes are increasingly in the path of damaging storms each year. Ahead of National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 3–9), the...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the operating license for Duke Energy's Robinson Nuclear Plant for an additional 20 years, extending the plant's ability to deliver energy until 2050. Robinson, located in Hartsville, South...

Teaching wasn’t Dr. Christie Palladino’s first career, but Thursday she was named South Carolina’s Teacher of the Year. The Aiken County Career and Technology Center teacher started out as an obstetrician-gynecologist and medical researcher, but...

The filing and payment deadline for most 2025 federal tax returns is April 15, 2026. There are exceptions for taxpayers in a disaster area, combat zone or living and working abroad, according to the Internal Revenue...

The U.S. Census Bureau released a series of data tables of the most common first and last names reported in the 2020 Census. Highlights: Eight of the top 15 last names in 1790, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 have stayed in the top 15...

A new report released by MHI and Deloitte finds that artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed as the most disruptive supply chain technology for the next decade. The 2026 MHI Annual Industry Report, “Rewiring the Future: A Supply Chain Playbook for...