BRACK: Start making progress on Palmetto Priorities
By Andy Brack | Every year, we implore state lawmakers to make progress on 10 Palmetto Priorities – common-sense initiatives that will make life better for all South Carolinians. But every year, they...
View ArticleNEW for 3/22: On controversial energy, voucher bills
INSIDE ISSUE 23.12 | March 22, 2024 BIG STORY: Energy bill riles critics, raises ominous specter MORE NEWS: Expanded voucher bill heads to Senate LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: You are what you eat...
View ArticleNEW for 4/12: Forever chemicals, book control, unmitigated gall
INSIDE ISSUE 23.15 | April 12, 2024 BIG STORY: ‘Forever chemicals’ rule prompts S.C. pushback MORE NEWS: Book control proposal appears dead LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: A whole lot of rumbling going on...
View ArticleNEW for 8/23: On sports betting, energy, 2024 race, test scores
INSIDE ISSUE 23.34 | Aug. 23, 2024 BIG STORY: New push for legalize online sports betting MORE NEWS: Senate panel starts on 2025 energy bill LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Oh, the side effects COMMENTARY,...
View ArticleNEW for 8/30: On vouchers, memorial wall, executions, Labor Day
INSIDE ISSUE 23.35 | Aug. 303, 2024 BIG STORY: Controversy around state education subsidies MORE NEWS: New wall to honor state’s patriots LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Paddling COMMENTARY, Brack: Lock ‘em up;...
View Article9/27: On indoctrination, CoverSC, climate
INSIDE ISSUE 23.39 | Sept. 27, 2024 BIG STORY: Education critics pan indoctrination MORE NEWS: CoverSC calls for Medicaid expansion in S.C. LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Big ol’ lapdog COMMENTARY, Brack: Make...
View ArticleBIG STORY: Education agency aligns indoctrinator, critics say
By Jack O’Toole, Capitol bureau | A controversial content producer whose videos will soon be available in South Carolina public schools spoke openly in 2023 of his efforts to “indoctrinate kids” into...
View ArticleANOTHER VIEW: No education in third kick of voucher mule
Opinion from the Charleston City Paper: South Carolina Republicans have tried to craft a private school voucher plan that could pass constitutional muster for years – and twice since 2020. Both recent...
View ArticleNEW for 12/27: Year-end review, Palmetto Priorities, education
INSIDE ISSUE 23.52 | Dec. 27, 2024 BIG STORY: A look back at big stories of 2024 MORE NEWS: Bald eagle finally is nation’s official bird LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: A holiday return BRACK: Lawmakers need to...
View ArticleMY TURN: Jefferson’s warning on undermining public education
By Will McCorkle | This Christmas season, we are focused on the good of children throughout our nation. Central to their well-being is a strong education system. However, the vitality of our public...
View ArticleBRACK: Lawmakers need to rethink S.C. priorities
Commentary by Andy Brack | About this time every year since 2009, we implore state lawmakers to look at South Carolina’s big picture and do the work that will make life better for most people – those...
View ArticleBIG STORY: A look back at the big Statehouse stories of 2024
By Jack O’Toole, Capitol bureau | Referring to the ideological conflicts that occasionally roiled his administration, President Ronald Reagan once winkingly noted that "sometimes our right hand...
View ArticleBIG STORY: School choice issue tops opening legislative debate
By Jack O'Toole | As the South Carolina General Assembly returned to Columbia this week to begin its 2025 legislative session, GOP leaders made it clear that passing a new private school voucher...
View ArticleNEW for 5/23: Education advocacy, legislative pay raise, graduates
INSIDE ISSUE 24.21 | May 23, 2025 BIG STORY: What’s ahead in education advocacy for S.C. MORE NEWS: S.C. budget deal adds $3M for legislative pay raises LOWCOUNTRY, Ariail: Beware of DOGE BRACK: Good...
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