Henry McMaster

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster was put under anesthesia for about 10 minutes Wednesday to fix a minor irregular heartbeat. He was back at the governor's mansion two hours later.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says a booming economy and billions of dollars of extra revenue and federal COVID-19 relief money gives the state a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take bold steps to transform.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and his wife, Peggy, are inviting people to come to their house to view their Christmas decorations and listen to carols.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants to spend the last $17 million of his COVID-19 education relief money to fully pay for anyone to go to a technical college for two years to train to enter high-demand jobs.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster brought in more than $1 million in the most recent fundraising quarter. That figure eclipsed the amount one of his Democratic challengers has raised overall since launching his campaign.

U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis said the ban on school districts imposing mask mandates would be like South Carolina preventing schools from building wheelchair ramps. A spokesman for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster says he will fight the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed from pending litigation. That’s the argument made in recent court filings from Gov. Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union.

A growing number of school districts in South Carolina are defying a provision from state lawmakers banning mandatory face coverings for students. But not all. Many districts are afraid the General Assembly will withhold state budget money if they do so.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is updating the state on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor repeated Monday there's no need to require masks in schools as they reopen this month. But McMaster also says the delta variant of the virus does pose a real threat and continued to urge people to get vaccinated.