Four of Gov. Nikki Haley’s staff members will testify about a state agency’s controversial decision to allow a Georgia port to expand after a state Senate panel took the unprecedented step Friday of subpoenaing them.“Yes, we will testify,” Rob Godfrey, Haley’s spokesman, said Friday. “And these senators will confirm, again, what they already know to be tru...

The three Democrats vying to become governor of South Carolina are meeting on the state's coast to debate how best to help the state's economy.State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex and state Sens. Robert Ford and Vincent Sheheen meet Thursday evening in a debate at Coastal Carolina University in Conway.The Republican candidates were in Florence earlier this week to discuss the same issue.The d...

Former Gov. Jim Hodges has endorsed the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Vincent Sheheen.Hodges, who served one term from 1999 to 2003, said Sheheen had the right approach to building the economy and business climate for small businesses and improving education. Hodges was a lawmaker