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With just two weeks left in this year’s regular session of the state legislature, the fates of a number of high-profile, controversial bills that backers hope to see enacted into law this year remain unclear.

After almost four years of investigations, recriminations, hearings and debate following the V-C Summer nuclear debacle, both the South Carolina House and Senate have now passed bills to bring major reform to state owned utility Santee Cooper.

Since the unexpected closing of schools just over a year ago, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and public officials have grappled with how to keep the state’s 767,000 school children from falling too far behind.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Lucinda Halstead about vocal health in the older years. Dr. Halstead is an ear, nose and throat physician specializing in voice and swallowing disorders. She is also the Medical Director of the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marvella Ford about including diverse populations in the In Our DNA SC research project. Dr. Ford is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Associate Director of Population Sciences at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

An update of the news, events and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community. Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews, the company that publishes the Columbia Regional Business Report, Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business and SCBizNews magazine.

Most of us would probably agree that there is a lot of frustration and anger going on in America these days that didn’t start with the pandemic but certainly was exacerbated by it. Our next guest is a working artist that has decided to address this situation with a participatory art project entitled “Just Let It Rip”. Mike Switzer interviews Melinda Hoffman, an artist who works and lives in Mauldin, SC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Arasi Maran about the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. Dr. Maran is an Associate Professor of Medicine and she’s an interventional cardiologist at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rosmary Ros-Demarize about behavioral parenting interventions for young children with autism. Dr. Ros-Demarize is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. John Freedy about addressing mental health concerns during primary care visits. Dr. Freedy is a Professor of Family Medicine and he’s a family medicine physician at MUSC.