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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As State Senate Bill 910, aimed at protecting financially vulnerable people from predatory lending, courses through subcommittee, lawmakers crank up their scrutiny of the short-term lending industry with tough questions.
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The EV maker announced Thursday that it would open a distribution and logistics location in Fountain Inn, in Greenville County.
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A conversation with NRCS soil scientist Lance Brewington sheds light on why managing South Carolina's wet winters can help the state to not suffer troubles the West Coast is trying to solve.
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A bill filed by State Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) forgoes the effort to set a rate cap in favor of outlawing marketing tactics used by installment lenders.
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According to officials, the furnace in the basement of a city home was so hot, crews thought the basement was on fire.
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The county plans to allot more than $418,000 to a suite of drug education and treatment programs.
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Despite being one of the worst states for debt, South Carolina is one of the best states for consumer protections, according to a new report.
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Soon after pandemic Medicaid protections began unwinding in May, South Carolina posted some of the highest rates of disenrollment. By September, South Carolina's numbers leveled off, but Georgia saw big disenrollment totals.
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The City of Columbia is in the process of rolling out incentives for grocery stores to open in food-insecure neighborhoods. The effort is modeled on a program by the City of Greenville (that, so far, hasn't landed a grocer with it).
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A Piggly Wiggly store meant to buoy a food desert in Southside Spartanburg closed barely a year after it opened, despite all expectations that it would succeed. Its closure is a case study on the perils of simplistic solutions to complicated problems.