Grand Strand voters get up close with GOP candidates

The FOX News South Carolina GOP Debate kicks off tonight, but many Grand Strand voters got up close and personal with the candidates as they crisscrossed the Grand Strand Monday.

The Caucus: Political Tourism Comes to South Carolina

Among the growing ranks of political tourists in South Carolina is Dorothy Booker, 87, who traveled from Augusta, Ga., with her daughter and son-in-law to size up the candidates.

Georgia's 1st welcome center, in Screven County, turns 50

In the decades before interstate highways forever changed American travel, U.S. Highway 301, which slices through South Carolina's Allendale County into rural Georgia, bustled with Northern tourists bound to and from vacation venues in Florida - and many of them stopped at the Georgia Welcome Center, just across the Savannah River bridge.

Activists push marriage of green causes and business growth

COLUMBIA — From limiting new road projects to marketing nature-based industries and promoting solar energy, green special interest groups are pushing an agenda that they say melds conservation with economic prosperity.

SCarolina economic woes could trump social issues

SCarolina economic woes could trump social issues

South Carolina Primary 2012: Economic Woes Could Trump Social Issues For Republican Voters

PROSPERITY, S.C. -- Allen Koon had always picked his presidential candidates largely based on whether they shared his moral values and stances on issues such as abortion.

Economic woes could trump social issues in SC

BRUCE SMITH Associated Press PROSPERITY, S.C. Allen Koon had always picked his presidential candidates largely based on whether they shared his moral values and stances on issues such as abortion. Then the recession pushed South Carolina's unemployment rate to record levels and Koon's construction business found itself short of work. Other jobs also were hard to come by in this town, named for ...

Mitt Romney could benefit if economic woes trump social issues in South Carolina primary

PROSPERITY, S.C. - Allen Koon had always picked his presidential candidates largely based on whether they shared his moral values and stances on issues such as abortion.

USC worth $4.1 billion to state's economy

The University of South Carolina has an annual economic impact of $4.1 billion and accounts for one of every 37 jobs in the Palmetto State, according to a USC study released on Thursday.

Gingrich in Rock Hill: I can unify conservative movement

Trailing another disappointing primary finish, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich added himself to a growing list of underdogs pinning their White House hopes on South Carolina voters Wednesday morning in Rock Hill.