This Week in South Carolina

Inmates across South Carolina are using their talents to lift the spirits of nursing home residents whose visits and activities have come to a halt because of COVID-19. Hard time is even harder these days at the state’s correctional institutions. For weeks, families haven’t...

State House Daybook provides you with the information you need to navigate the South Carolina General Assembly. Each edition provides a snapshot of the legislative day with meeting schedules, agendas, news and other resources in one place. Follow reporter Gavin Jackson's...

State House Daybook provides you with the information you need to navigate the South Carolina General Assembly. Each edition provides a snapshot of the legislative day with meeting schedules, agendas, news and other resources in one place. Follow reporter Gavin Jackson's...

In the lead up to the First in the South primary, democratic presidential candidates are setting up camp here in South Carolina during the final stretch to Saturday's vote. We'll keep a schedule of where you can find them throughout South Carolina this week. Joe Biden’s...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg recently sat down with Gavin Jackson, host of "This Week in South Carolina," after a two-day swing through South Carolina. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. Gavin Jackson: You get this question a lot, and I know you're working...

Reporters Jamie Lovegrove with The Post and Courier and Meg Kinnard with The Associated Press talk with host Gavin Jackson about recent developments with 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who recently flocked to South Carolina for a weekend of political activities...

Todd Shaw, professor and chair of the political science department at the University of South Carolina and Gibbs Knotts, professor and chair of the political science department at the College of Charleston sit down with host Gavin Jackson to discuss the 2020 campaign...

Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, and Senate Minority Leader Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington, sat down with host Gavin Jackson about the remaining days of the legislative session, education reform and the future of Santee Cooper. Highlights: The education bill is...

This Week in South Carolina host Gavin Jackson sits down with Sara Goldsby, director of South Carolina Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse services, to discuss the ongoing opioid epidemic. Highlights: 70,000 Americans died from drugs, 47,600 just from opioids in 2017, that’s more...

Gavin Jackson sat down with Department of Corrections director, Brian Stirling to examine current issues the prison system is facing. Highlights: 36 inmates on death row in South Carolina can't be executed since lethal injection drugs aren't available New drone technology,...

This week host Gavin Jackson sits down with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, D-Bamberg, and Dr. John Dozier, Chief Diversity Officer at the University of South Carolina, to discuss the state of race relations in the Palmetto State. Highlights More than half of African Americans...

Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, and Senate Minority Leader Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington, sat down with host Gavin Jackson to talk about the Senate’s legislative priorities for the 2019 legislative session, especially education reform. Massey and Setzler made...

Andy Shain and Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier sit down with host Gavin Jackson to discuss the governor’s State of the State address and how the the 2020 Democratic presidential race is shaping up in South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster has made it clear in his...

Host Gavin Jackson examines Hurricane Florence and it's impact on South Carolina.

The SC Senate approves next year's $8 Billion state budget, and a major setback for proponents of solar energy in the state.