An internationally recognized treatment aimed at preventing the most troubled juvenile offenders from spiraling into lives of crime has gained traction throughout the country, but remains mostly unavailable in South Carolina, the state where it was developed Supporters say Multisystemic Therapy, first researched at MUSC beginning in 1992, is more effective and less costly than putting juvenile criminals in traditional programs, which include wilderness camps and group homes. The treatment, … [Read more...]

Columbia, S.C. – S.C. State Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell today announced he would be reintroducing legislation creating a Streamlining Commission and Council on Efficient Government. This legislation though similar to a bill he introduced last year, which unfortunately did not pass, has been fundamentally changed. The streamlining commission will first be tasked with identifying the “core” functions of state government, as required by the South Carolina Constitution. The … [Read more...]

COLUMBIA -- S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster could spend almost $700,000 in legal costs joining with other states to battle the federal government on the issues of Yucca Mountain, Arizona's immigration law and this year's federal health care reform act. McMaster said the money is being well-spent, even at a time of severe budget shortfalls, and he believes the states will eventually succeed in each case. "Somebody has got to stand up, so that's what we're doing," he told The Greenville … [Read more...]

The H.L. Hunley broke the surface at 8:39 that morning, and Warren Lasch could not believe what he was seeing. There, just a few yards away, the lost Civil War submarine was suspended in its lift cradle, sleek and slender, encrusted with 136 years' worth of sand, shells and barnacles. The Friends of the Hunley chairman, along with Sen. Glenn McConnell, had spent years preparing for the moment. But that morning Lasch was nearly as amazed by the armada of boats, and army of reporters, … [Read more...]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Today is the 10th anniversary of the raising of the Hunley, the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship. And scientists now say they're close to finding out what caused the Hunley's demise. On Friday, they announced that early next year they'll be rotating the 23-ton, hand-cranked sub to an upright position to expose sections of hull not examined in almost 150 years. In February, 1864, the Hunley and its eight-man crew rammed a spar with a powder … [Read more...]