COLUMBIA — Eight years after ascending to the South Carolina House's most powerful position vowing to dispel the scandalous cloud that hung over the chamber, Speaker Jay Lucas is stepping down. Lucas, ...

The South Carolina Speaker of the House will not run for reelection in November. Jay Lucas, a Republican from Darlington, made the announcement Tuesday during a budget meeting. “I will hope that each ...

Jay Lucas, who is well-known for business ventures and Republican politics, is now facing additional charges from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission over allegedly raising $50 million in a ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Officials with Greenville-based Prisma Health have announced former South Carolina Speaker of the House Jay Lucas has been named a vice president in charge of government affairs for ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas is not seeking re-election, the second major member of the GOP leadership who's announced they['re leaving the legislature in just the last week ...

COLUMBIA — The former speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives has a new job as chief government liaison for the state's largest health care provider. Republican Jay Lucas of Hartsville ...

Jay Lucas, a practicing attorney and former S.C. House Speaker, has sparked controversy with his bid to become a S.C. Supreme Court justice. A prominent state senator is saying publicly that the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jay Lucas started his House career in 1999 as member No. 124 out of 124. But now, the former Republican speaker will forever watch over the chamber after his official portrait ...