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In his quest to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham,
@harrisonjaime
has raised more campaign funds over the last three months of 2019 than any candidate has brought in for a single quarter in the state's history.
.
@harrisonjaime
has broken the record for the most money ever raised by a Democratic Senate challenger in South Carolina.
But will it be enough to defeat
@LindseyGrahamSC
?
Former UN ambassador and South Carolina governor
@NikkiHaley
is returning to the foundation she created to address education in poor, rural parts of the Palmetto State.
@MarkSanford
Photo of
@MarkSanford
during his exclusive interview with
@MaryCaitlinByrd
this morning, when he told her he was considering a presidential run.
“I’m a Republican. I think the Republican Party has lost its way on debt, spending and financial matters.”
Annie Andrews, a mother of three from Mount Pleasant and a doctor, confirmed Nov. 8 to The Post and Courier she plans to launch her Democratic campaign against U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022 on Nov. 8.
"We had hoped once the nation was past the rancorous Nov. 3 election,
@LindseyGrahamSC
would revert to the bipartisan leader whose pragmatism was an admirable feature of his three previous terms in the U.S. Senate," our editorial team writes.
Part of Charleston’s dark past is in plain sight throughout downtown.
Forever captured in brickwork are the fingerprints of former enslaved children. There aren’t many of them, but they are evident.
BREAKING: Nearly 124 years after it was erected, the John C. Calhoun Monument in Marion Square will come down and be relocated, Charleston’s mayor said on Wednesday.
A Democrat aiming to unseat U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, in 2022 has raised $500,000, setting the tone for a competitive race in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District.
South Carolina’s sheriffs lined their pockets on the public’s dime.
They used fear to silence whistleblowers.
And they bullied other public officials who questioned their behavior.
The list of battery makers moving to South Carolina continues to grow with Turkish company Kontrolmatik Technologies announcing plans on Dec. 7 to open a $279 million factory in Colleton County.
The Walter Scott Notification Act, authored by
@SenatorTimScott
, would withhold federal funds from states if they failed to keep data on officer-involved shootings.
Read more about the proposal:
Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Rev. William Barber emphasized that advocating for a livable wage was not a partisan issue but a moral one.
“A job in this country should lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it,” Sanders said.
Volvo Cars has started sending its South Carolina-made S60 sedans to foreign countries.
About half of the vehicles made at the Ridgeville campus will be exported to foreign countries, and Volvo plans to hire 4,000 workers at the site at full production.
NEW:
@ClemsonFB
's Dabo Swinney says the university may have mistakenly given players illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
3 of Clemson's players tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug before the Cotton Bowl.
How disruptive can seismic blast testing offshore be for sea creatures?
U.S. Rep
@JoeCunninghamSC
drew a comparison with an air horn at a subcommittee meeting.
Do a "marginal" number of 7-year-olds believe in Santa?
That's what President Trump told this South Carolina girl, 7, over the phone on Christmas Eve.
Story:
Democrats picked up a Charleston-area seat in the state House of Representatives after Spencer Wetmore won Tuesday’s special election for a district anchored on James Island.
"It is no coincidence that all of the workers who were recently fired openly support the union."
U.S. Senator
@BernieSanders
is standing up to
@Boeing
.
.
@gmraynor
, Clemson beat reporter for The Post and Courier, on Monday was named South Carolina Sportswriter of the Year for the second straight year.
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For the history-conscious Varnville artist
@mentnelson
, the closest thing you'll find to an artist statement is his twitter bio: "I make it cool to be from South Carolina."
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2 Summerville teens hoping to become teachers were surprised on
@TheEllenShow
when they learned they're getting full rides to
@CofC
.
One will be a 1st-generation college student. One will be the first in his family to go without an athletic scholarship.
Democrat Gloria Tinubu dropped out of South Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race today.
She threw her support behind
@harrisonjaime
, who will face
@LindseyGrahamSC
at the polls.
“Governor Henry McMaster has consistently supported President Trump and he will continue to do so,” McMaster’s spokesman Brian Symmes told The Post and Courier on Nov. 16.
Asked if this amounted to an endorsement, he confirmed: “Yes it is.”
South Carolina lawmakers added back sexual orientation and gender to the list of characteristics that would be protected by a proposed hate crimes bill after facing backlash.
She’s never been one to say ‘woe is me,’ never pouted over another of life’s unfair hands.
So it was that Dawn Staley sounded as enthusiastic and chipper as ever despite the most challenging year of her personal and professional life.
Collman Lloyd, 7, called
@realDonaldTrump
on Christmas Eve to check in on Santa's location.
Trump told her that only a "marginal" number of 7 year olds still believe.
After the call, she is still one of them.
Andrew Yang, a popular 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, will be back in South Carolina later this month joining 11 organizations that support overhauling the U.S. electoral process by moving to ranked-choice voting.
A well-regarded rising Democrat in the SC Senate endorsed O’Rourke in the party’s 2020 presidential primary race Thursday.
He praised the former Texas congressman for “working to find common ground in Congress and fighting to protect our veterans.”
In a split with Gov. Henry McMaster, South Carolina Education Superintendent Molly Spearman said she believes school boards should be allowed to mandate masks as coronavirus cases increase across the state.
Federal contractors at the Savannah River Site accepted football tickets, rifles and more in exchange for handing out work at the federal nuclear storage facility.
The cost of the kickbacks were then charged back to taxpayers, a new lawsuit alleges.
Katie Arrington, who two weeks ago won the GOP 1st Congressional District nomination over Mark Sanford, was seriously injured in a car crash late Friday.
Former SC Republican Gov.
@NikkiHaley
visited Charleston on Thursday to discuss female empowerment and share her political journey.
She didn't broach Saturday’s Democratic primary or her recent Twitter spat with
@JoeBiden
.
“I want my little girl to grow up knowing she can be president or anything she wants to be."
U.S. Sen
@KamalaHarris
is now backed by S.C. lawmakers who see the state's education as a priority.
Democrat Marvin Pendarvis won North Charleston seat in the Legislature Tuesday night. He got 81 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns.
#chsnews
#scpol
#scvotes
"Parents deserve to have a larger and louder voice in the conversation, but I am not convinced that this administration is interested in hearing them,"
@SenatorTimScott
writes.
Dr. Annie Andrews is launching a national group aimed at resetting the political conversation in Washington by prioritizing issues that acutely affect children.
Years before he would be covering the most powerful people in the world, Joshua Dawsey began his journalism career in Aynor, his hometown where his parents still have a farm today.
Charleston Democrat Joe Cunningham will drop the first ad of South Carolina’s gubernatorial race cycle by taking aim at GOP incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
EDITORIAL: "Ms. Haley isn’t just the best choice for people who want to keep Mr. Trump out of the White House. She’s also the best bet for the many South Carolinians who want to prevent a second Biden," writes our editorial staff.
Meet Annie Andrews, the MUSC doctor who's become the first Democratic challenger to Nancy Mace.
Her main campaign issues include protecting children during the COVID-19 pandemic, flooding and climate change, and common-sense gun reform.
The Columbia Police Department is investigating an incident late last night where an officer was recorded saying the N-word during an argument with bar patrons.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will formally announce she is running for president and will seek the Republican nomination for her party's 2024 ticket.
Pat Waters, the Republican grandson of legendary World War II General George S. Patton, has endorsed Democrat Joe Cunningham over GOP candidate Nancy Mace.
Former SC Gov.
@nikkihaley
has sold her Lexington home and is not coming straight back to the Palmetto State after she leaves the UN at year’s end.
Instead, she plans to stay in New York writing her second book.