Government

John S. Warren, the founder and CEO of Lima One Capital, a specialty mortgage finance company based in Greenville and currently active in 40 states, has announced that he has "filed to explore a run for the Republican nomination for governor" of South Carolina. 

Incumbent Mayor Junie White and challenger Todd Horne fought each other to a stalemate in Tuesday night's election and will go head-to-head in a runoff on Nov 21. Spartanburg County voters approved 1-cent sales tax increase to pay for government facilities.

A penny taxed is a penny that could be used to fund a new courthouse and city/county government facility.

Who will be responsible for paying the $9 billion in construction bonds for the defunct project owned by SCE&G and Santee Cooper?

Bus maker with Greenville factory to receive at least half of $55 million awarded by the Federal Transit Administration

The Greenville Chamber of Commerce has released a statement expressing disappointment regarding President Donald J. Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in November had issued a preliminary injunction blocking the mandate from the U.S. Labor Department.

"We just haven’t gotten assurances if they had to cast the votes how they would vote."--Ted Pitts, president of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce

Jerry Blassingame says he wants to change the law not just for himself, but for the former prisoners he helps through his Greenville-based ministry, Soteria Community Development Corp.

For people with criminal records, finding a job can be hard.

Turner, a Greenville Republican, was the only state senator from the Upstate to score 100 percent on the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Legislative Scorecard.

President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to stoke concerns about the nation’s trade relationship with Germany, reportedly calling Germans "very bad."

The number of people working in South Carolina has reached a record high, according to the state Department of Education and Workforce, who released their employment figures for April.

The 193,000-square-foot courthouse — to be named for former South Carolina Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. — is planned on what is now a parking lot directly across East North Street from the Greenville County courthouse.

Todd Horne, vice president of business development for Spartanburg-based Clayton Construction Co., announced his candidacy for the Spartanburg mayor’s seat on Tuesday.