Wednesday is a big day for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. He is giving his eighth State of the State address, but the 77-year-old Republican also becomes South Carolina’s longest serving governor,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the government.She defended the drastic move as part of Trump's bid to make the government "good stewards of taxpayer dollars."

State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, is the longest serving House member and has known McMaster through his times State GOP party chairman attorney general and lieutenant governor.