Welcome to News 4's Wednesday, May 7, evening wrap, where we look at all the major stories happening in and around the Lowcountry.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – In Columbia, lawmakers are making headway on a bill that would make school board meetings more accessible to the public. Supporters said the legislation, if passed ...

Photo: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press; Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News WASHINGTON—As Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) sprints to pass the tax and spending bill in the next two weeks to fund ...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that Congress is working on is certainly big, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Too often the reality of these budget debates gets obscured in details ...

Voters in South Carolina State House District 50 can begin voting for their preferred candidate to replace former Rep. Will ...

Johnson & Johnson, one of the few remaining companies with a top credit rating, is no longer at risk of a downgrade, S&P Global Ratings said Friday. The maker of Tylenol as well as top-selling ...

A bill to break up the South Carolina High School League took another step forward on Tuesday. The S.C. House of Representatives Education and Public Works K-12 Subcommittee approved by a 9-0 vote ...

BELOIT — The School District of Beloit Board of Education re-elected Tia Johnson as president and Brian Nichols as vice president Tuesday night. Then the board heard the first of what likely ...

The House Ways and Means Committee began debating its part of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the chair of the panel, deferred to Johnson when asked ...

Bill Belichick seems to know that his current publicity plan isn’t working. Per multiple sources, Belichick has been talking to at least one experienced P.R. specialist in the hopes of boosting his ...