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The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is an association organized mainly to promote and lobby the interests of business. The…

The South Carolina Christian Action Council is a statewide ecumenical agency embracing many of the state’s major Christian denominations. It…

Established in 1989, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League has been a leading voice in the campaign to protect and…

This undated photo shows a turbulent sea and a house in an unidentified location. The photographer, Monty Watson, was stationed in Murrells Inlet with the Crash Boat crew in the 1944-1945 period.

In March 1991 Governor Carroll Campbell appointed the thirty-eight-member Commission on Government Restructuring to devise a blueprint for enhancing the…

The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education was created by the General Assembly in 1967. It replaced the Advisory Council…

Located in Columbia, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) is a state agency responsible for collecting the…

The South Carolina Department of Commerce administers South Carolina’s economic development program. Created by the General Assembly in 1945 as…

The South Carolina Department of Education is the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department promulgates and…

Officially formed on July 1, 1994, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) combined the non-regulatory programs of the…

Created by the General Assembly in 1967, the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCPRT) is charged with…

The South Carolina Educational Television Network (SCETV) is a state agency providing educational, cultural, and historical programming to South Carolinians…

The South Carolina Educational Television-Radio Network (SCETV-Radio) began broadcasting in 1972 when WETR (90.1) Greenville signed on the air, the…

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), primarily an energy firm, was formed by the merger of dozens of companies…