The 2026 legislative session had a big focus on business and economic development, with lawmakers passing bills on tax cuts, business courts, bringing in new companies and tort reform.

A Japanese company has halted construction on a $1.6 billion factory in South Carolina to help make batteries for electric BMWs, citing “policy and market uncertainty.” AESC didn’t specify what ...

The Department of Corrections next month is expected to take over the private prison in Lawton. Lawmakers appropriated $312 ...

Craft labels from the now-shuttered fabrics seller Joann are making their way to a new home: Michaels. The Michaels Companies announced on Thursday that it had completed its purchase of ...