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01/14/2025

Rents are starting to drop as more apartment supply comes online, yet still remain perilously high for most low- and moderate-income renters. That gives new fodder for the debate over how to help more people afford the escalating costs of housing. In South Carolina, the median rent is up 27% since 2020. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from Stateline's national demographics reporter.

Rents are starting to drop as more apartment supply comes online, yet still remain perilously high for most low- and moderate-income renters.

01/14/2025

Gov. Henry McMaster is asking legislators to increase teachers’ minimum pay to $50,000, keep college tuition steady, and allow people to buy state lottery tickets with a debit card. That last one surprised me. After all, McMaster's long-held opposition to gambling included campaigning against the lottery referendum 25 years ago. So, I asked him why he now supports making it easier for people to gamble. Read my article in SC Daily Gazette for his response and what else is in his spending proposal.

Gov. Henry McMaster is asking legislators to increase teachers' minimum pay and allow people to buy state lottery tickets with a debit card.

01/13/2025

South Carolina's 2025 chef ambassadors, who will work to build farm-to-table relationships as they travel across the state, have restaurants in Conway, Greenville and North Charleston. Read Shaun Chornobroff's article about the designees in SC Daily Gazette.

The 2025 ambassadors, who will work to build farm-to-table relationships, hail from separate regions of South Carolina.

01/13/2025

The leader of the battalion depicted in 'The Six Triple Eight,' directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington, grew up in Columbia. Charity Adams Earley died in 2002. But Skylar Laird talked to her children in Ohio and Maryland and a sorority sister in Columbia for this article in the SC Daily Gazette

The leader of the battalion depicted in 'The Six Triple Eight,' directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington, grew up in Columbia.

01/13/2025

An exhibit at the University of South Carolina aims to mentally transport visitors back to the age of flappers, flashy cars and bootleggers with its extensive F. Scott Fitzgerald collection. I'm sure many of you, like me, read "The Great Gatsby" in high school. Maybe the 100-year anniversary will make you want to read it again? Or just check out the exhibit to jog your memory. Read my article in SC Daily Gazette about the upcoming exhibit, why USC is home to a premier Fitzgerald collection and how Gatsby's popularity grew.

An exhibit at USC aims to mentally transport visitors back to the age of flappers and bootleggers with its F. Scott Fitzgerald collection.

01/10/2025

In a flip of the religious exemption in state law (which says doctors can refuse to perform or assist with an abortion), a new challenge to SC's abortion ban in federal court argues preventing doctors from providing an abortion violates their "deeply held religious and conscientious beliefs." That's certainly an interesting argument. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the challenge filed in Charleston.

The abortion law infringes upon doctors' religious rights, claims the lawsuit filed in Charleston this week.

01/10/2025

SCDOT crews are working 12-hour shifts to keep roads clear and answer calls for assistance. Emergency tow trucks are stationed along interstates 26 and 85. Better plan: Stay home tonight if at all possible! Read Shaun Chornochoff's article in SC Daily Gazette on the emergency declaration and preparations. (Yes, we have a new reporter. More on that later!)

Amid a winter storm that includes snow, sleet and ice impacting much of the Palmetto State, Gov. McMaster declared a statewide emergency.

01/10/2025

If you drive in Columbia at all, you've been stuck behind trains on Assembly Street. Well, it finally looks like a fix may actually happen.... Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the federal grant that completes the funding needed to get started.

The plan to separate Assembly Street in Columbia from the train tracks that snarl traffic has been in the works for years

01/10/2025

A national look at the PowerSchool data breach, which affected districts across South Carolina: Hackers were able to access student addresses, Social Security numbers, grades and medical information on the platform, which schools use for student records, grades, attendance and enrollment. Read the article in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's national technology reporter.

Hackers accessed student addresses, Social Security numbers, grades and medical information on the platform.

01/09/2025

Four more books should be removed from South Carolina public schools for including graphic descriptions of ma********on and s*x, a State Board of Education panel decided Thursday. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette about the books and how the appeal came about.

The four new challenges came from a Beaufort County mother who previously challenged 96 books in her local district.

01/09/2025

Gov. Henry McMaster is among Republican governors meeting Thursday evening with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration. Read my article in SC Daily Gazette about the gathering.

Gov. Henry McMaster is among Republican governors meeting Thursday evening with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration.

01/09/2025

To create more child care slots and reduce prices, lawmakers in other states are increasingly using economic development strategies to help child care businesses expand, similar to the support they’ve offered to attract and expand manufacturing facilities. SC legislators are studying ways to grow child care opportunities here. Read in SC Daily Gazette about what other states are doing. From our affiliate Stateline

To create more child care slots and reduce prices, other states are using economic development strategies to help child care businesses expand

01/09/2025

South Carolina students and teachers were among those who had their personal information accessed in an international data breach. 😳 Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the state Department of Education's response.

South Carolina education officials are still trying to determine the scope of the breach for Palmetto State school districts

01/09/2025

Legislation aimed at restarting state scholarships for private K-12 tuition is on the fast track. It will be the first bill senators take up on the floor after the 2025 session starts next Tuesday. Read my article in SC Daily Gazette

A bill senators could pass next week would provide $8,500 scholarships for private tuition next school year to up to 10,000 students

01/08/2025

Civil War hero Robert Smalls could one day stand just outside the Statehouse visitors’ entrance, clad in the three-piece suit he would have worn while serving in Congress, a legislative panel decided Wednesday. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on what the panel decided, the runner-up models and what's left to do before the monument is created.

The statue a committee chose Wednesday depicts Smalls in a three-piece tuxedo, as he might have worn in Congress

01/08/2025

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01/08/2025

Taxes on your tab in South Carolina can run higher than rates paid in many of the United States’ largest cities, including Los Angeles and New York City. The SC Senate's GOP leader points to that as evidence of the need for a tax overhaul. Read our article in SC Daily Gazette on SC taxes, what legislators say they want to do, and what happened with previous efforts.

Taxes on a restaurant meal in parts of SC can run higher than rates charged in many major cities in the United States.

01/08/2025

Lawmakers, military officials and other dignitaries celebrated the late President Jimmy Carter’s life and achievements before, during and after his White House term at a service in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda where he will lie in state until Thursday. Fort Jackson's band played for the service. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from States Newsroom's Washington, D.C., team.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, military officials and other dignitaries celebrated the late President Jimmy Carter’s life and achievements before, during and after his White House term at a service in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Tuesday where he will lie in state until Thursday. James Earl Carter Jr., who...

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