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 ...

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 ...

I was on my crusade to convince the Legislature to debate the whole state budget rather than just new money when I first noticed Jay Lucas. I was smitten immediately. Mr. Lucas had put together what ...

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 ...

NOT RULING IT OUT. Republican business executive Jay Lucas says he is flattered by the number of people reaching out to him to ask him to get back into elective politics. But for now, Lucas is focused ...

Former South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas has a new job, less than a month after leaving the state Legislature. The Darlington County Republican, who resigned his legislative post June 28, will ...