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Charleston lawyer Mullins McLeod is the first Democrat to officially launch a campaign for the 2026 governor's race. He ...
08/11/2025

Charleston lawyer Mullins McLeod is the first Democrat to officially launch a campaign for the 2026 governor's race. He talked to Jessica Holdman today after releasing a three-minute campaign announcement. In the online ad, he doesn't actually mention either party. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette.

Charleston lawyer Mullins McLeod is the first Democrat to officially launch a campaign for governor ahead of the 2026 election cycle.

State Sen. Roger Nutt resigned his Upstate seat Monday after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Rep. Bobby Cox th...
08/11/2025

State Sen. Roger Nutt resigned his Upstate seat Monday after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Rep. Bobby Cox then resigned from the House to run for the upper chamber. In all, there have been three Statehouse resignations today. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette about Nutt and the timing for all three special elections.

Rep. Bobby Cox, a Greer Republican, announced he would run to fill Sen. Roger Nutt's seat, giving up his own in the process.

Rep. RJ May has resigned his House seat two months after his arrest on charges of distributing child sexual abuse materi...
08/11/2025

Rep. RJ May has resigned his House seat two months after his arrest on charges of distributing child sexual abuse material, according to a letter the House Speaker’s Office received Monday. Read Skylar Laird's article in SC Daily Gazette on the resignation and the projected date of a special election.

Rep. RJ May, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, has been in jail since June, when he was suspended from the House without pay

Attorneys general from 23 states, including South Carolina, question whether a net-zero carbon emissions standard for bu...
08/11/2025

Attorneys general from 23 states, including South Carolina, question whether a net-zero carbon emissions standard for businesses violates state and federal law. Last year, Gov. McMaster signed a law titled the ESG Pension Protection Act. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from our affiliate the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Attorneys general from 23 states question whether a net-zero carbon emissions standard for businesses violates state and federal law.

A new South Carolina law that took effect July 11 bans the sale of kratom products to anyone under 21. At least half of ...
08/11/2025

A new South Carolina law that took effect July 11 bans the sale of kratom products to anyone under 21. At least half of states have some form of regulation on kratom or its components, creating a patchwork of policies nationwide. Now the feds are proposing to ban a compound in kratom. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from our affiliate Stateline (with info on SC's law inserted by me).

A South Carolina law that took effect July 11 bans kratom sales to anyone under 21 and requires clear labeling for products sold to adults.

A federal judge in Maryland ordered a nationwide halt — again — to a Trump administration order that seeks to deny citiz...
08/11/2025

A federal judge in Maryland ordered a nationwide halt — again — to a Trump administration order that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born in the United States if neither parent is a citizen or green-card holder. Plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit that led to the ruling include women in the Carolinas. Read about it in the SC Daily Gazette from our affiliate Maryland Matters.

A federal judge in Maryland ruled on a class-action suit that includes women from the Carolinas. It blocks Trump's order nationwide.

South Carolina Republicans attending the party’s biggest annual fundraiser received a surprise phone call Saturday night...
08/10/2025

South Carolina Republicans attending the party’s biggest annual fundraiser received a surprise phone call Saturday night from a previous keynote speaker — President Donald Trump. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette about the gala, the call, and the other speakers.

SC Republicans gathered for the party’s annual Silver Elephant fundraiser gala received a surprise phone call from President Donald Trump.

A proposal in the early stages would create the South Carolina Maritime Academy at the state's military college. The ide...
08/08/2025

A proposal in the early stages would create the South Carolina Maritime Academy at the state's military college. The idea stems from an 1,100-mile drive to Galveston, Texas, home to one of seven of the nation's maritime academies. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette by David Wren.

A proposal in the early stages would create the South Carolina Maritime Academy at South Carolina's military college.

Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer suspended his challenge to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham just one month after launching it. Read ...
08/08/2025

Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer suspended his challenge to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham just one month after launching it. Read about his decision in SC Daily Gazette.

Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer suspended his challenge to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham just one month after launching it.

Do you know what "kidfluencing" is? I'd never heard of it until I read this enlightening (yet frightening) article from ...
08/08/2025

Do you know what "kidfluencing" is? I'd never heard of it until I read this enlightening (yet frightening) article from our affiliate Stateline. Other states are passing laws to limit and protect child influencers on social media. It's like the children's version of reality TV, but with their parents quite literally running the show (and collecting the cash). Read about it in SC Daily Gazette, then let me know what you think: Should SC lawmakers take up similar legislation? Or is it a parental rights' issue?

In the absence of federal regulations, some legislators are pushing to protect child influencers. The job has become increasingly lucrative.

Here's something else all AGs can agree on (which alone can be considered good news): They've asked DOJ to help fight th...
08/08/2025

Here's something else all AGs can agree on (which alone can be considered good news): They've asked DOJ to help fight the “rampant spread of illegal offshore gaming operations” across the country. Read about it in SC Daily Gazette from the Utah News Dispatch.

All 50 state attorneys general have asked DOJ to help fight the “rampant spread of illegal offshore gaming operations” across the country.

Today was the official opening of a 63,000-square-foot research center designed to provide everything needed for the nat...
08/07/2025

Today was the official opening of a 63,000-square-foot research center designed to provide everything needed for the nation’s nuclear scientists and business leaders to work together on technological breakthroughs. Read Jessica Holdman's article in SC Daily Gazette on the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative at USC Aiken.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright cut the ribbon on the $66 million research center at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

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