Scott Morgan
Reporter, ProducerScott Morgan is the Upstate multimedia reporter for South Carolina Public Radio, based in Rock Hill. He cut his teeth as a newspaper reporter and editor in New Jersey before finding a home in public radio in Texas. Scott joined South Carolina Public Radio in March of 2019. His work has appeared in numerous national and regional publications as well as on NPR and MSNBC. He's won numerous state, regional, and national awards for his work including a national Edward R. Murrow.
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In 2022, a federal judge ruled that barring NAACP and ACLU from scraping the Public Index was illegal. So NAACP built a database of current eviction numbers. On Thursday, those numbers went public.
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On Tuesday, Anderson County joined Pickens County in adding seats to the Library Board. Some advocates say adding more voices is a way to censor materials. County officials say there is no political motive.
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U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman was the only major Republican in South Carolina to back Nikki Haley's presidential campaign. Now he's encouraging her to ally with Donald Trump, despite what often was a war of insults.
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Build-to-rent, or BTR, refers to house developments – neighborhoods – that are built by developers with deep pockets.
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Data from ATTOM Data Services show that as U.S. mortgage loan totals dipped in all but five U.S. metro areas in the fourth quarter of 2023. Aiken/Augusta was one of the five.
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Jasper County put a nine-month timeout on some large commercial and residential projects. A few weeks before it expires, officials want more time to weigh what development means in a growing, mostly rural county.
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South Carolina is one of 10 holdouts against Medicaid expansion. Attitudes towards expansion, however, might be changing.
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Families in Richland One School District live in a community beset by poverty, eviction, and homelessness. A grassroots effort to help parents deal runs through May.
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The bill to redefine the climate in which short-term lenders operate in the state made it further than any bill of the kind since the Great Recession, but still not far enough.
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The former president has a large cushion over former Gov. Nikki Haley heading into the GOP primary. But independents likely to vote on Feb. 24 are 50/50.