SC Public Radio News
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A weekend storm that hammered a section of Rock Hill has energized the community's spirit. But there's still a long way to go before Southside is back to normal.
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Since 2005, a third of local newspapers in the U.S. have closed as newsrooms try to evolve for survival. For one South Carolina reporter, threats of buyouts and business changes haven't slowed him down.
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During a meeting on April 23, the district’s Board of Trustees approved providing legal representation for the school district and its employees named in the lawsuit.
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Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office sent out a Facebook message Tuesday letting people know that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant.
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The South Carolina Senate has started debating a budget that accelerates a planned income tax cut instead of the House plan to use $500 million to give homeowners a one-time property tax rebate.
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Seven young sea turtle patients are admitted to the Sea Turtle Care Center in Charleston, suffering from everything from ingested plastic to hooked flippers.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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Mike Switzer interviews Erin Johnson with the Central Carolina Community Foundation in Columbia, SC.
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Mike Switzer interviews Frank Hefner, Director Office of Economic Analysis and Professor of Economics at the College of Charleston.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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This week, we'll be talking with author Kevin Duffus about his book, The 1768 Charleston Lighthouse : Finding the Light in the Fog of History.Charleston’s first lighthouse was established on Middle Bay Island in 1768. The history of the lighthouse, however, has been lost in a fog of misinformation. Kevin Duffus conducted extensive research for his book and has been able to reconstruct the history of America’s seventh – and tallest at the time – lighthouse. Kevin will tell us about the structure's distinctive architecture inspired by Charleston's St. Michael's Church, the ingenious Irishman who designed and built it, its variety of lighting systems, its involvement in three wars, and is tragic end.
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In his book, The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration, David Nicholson tells the story of his great-grandparents, Casper George Garrett and his wife, Anna Maria, and their family.A multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement - a family history as American history, rich with pivotal events viewed through the lens of the Garretts's lives.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 30, 2024: we fill you in on what’s happening during the final days of the SC Legislature; we take a deep dive on the 4th Congressional District Republican primary fight; SC Public Radio’s Maayan Schechter brings you the latest on medical marijuana; Sen. Lindsey Graham talks about presidential immunity; and more!
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 27, 2024: we look at changes made by the Senate in their version of the state’s operating budget the chamber approved this week; we hear a songful testimony before a House judiciary subcommittee; we also talk with talk to Sen. Larry Grooms, who is leading an investigation into the $1.8 billion discrepancy on the state treasurer’s books; and more!
More Local and National News
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she will follow through on her threat to hold a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson sometime next week, despite signs that her effort will fail.
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The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.
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People who've lived in co-ops, communes, group houses and 'intentional communities' share four questions you should ask yourself before taking the leap.
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"I don’t make any apologies for the fact that this is a very conservative, tightly regulated bill," said S.C. Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort.
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Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville was the creation of Mrs. D. R. Coker, affectionately called "Miss May."
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Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got.
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The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.
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Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
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The state is shaping up to be big battleground over abortion rights in November. Research shows a majority of U.S. Catholics supports abortion rights — even though church leadership does not.
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After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.
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