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If you are nearing retirement or enrolled in Medicare, you may think that your healthcare costs will stabilize. But our next guest says that some retirees may be caught off guard by an unexpected charge showing up on their Medicare bill called IRMAA, which stands for Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for June10, 2025: we look at some action happening this week in the Statehouse; we hear about a new gas-fired energy plant that Duke Energy is proposing in the Upstate; we begin bringing you stories from our Voices Collected series commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting; and more!

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.