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  • Dr. Joey Von Nessen, a research economist at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, discussed his study which found domestic violence costs the state more than $350 million annually. South Carolina ranks eleventh in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men, with a rate of 1.68 per 100,000, according to the most recent edition of the annual Violence Policy Center study.
    SC Lede: The human and financial costs of domestic violence
    February 22, 2022 — New research on the economic impact of domestic violence on South Carolina; the University of South Carolina's Dr. Bobby Donaldson on the Palmetto State's civil rights history; a preview of this week's state legislative action; and more.
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during second day of Jackson’s historic U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 22, 2022.
    SC Lede: Full Court Press
    March 26, 2022 — We look at the historic U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, including questions from South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Judge Jackson's own words, and analysis.
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    SC Lede: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask — No Problem
    On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for May 18, 2021, we discuss the latest South Carolina political news, speak with a cybersecurity expert about the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, hear how parents feel now that adolescents as young as 12-years-old are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines, and more.
  • Thousands of protesters turn up at the South Carolina Statehouse on May 30, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd. The protest was one of hundreds around the country and the world last year as the death of Floyd amplified racial inequities and the need for criminal justice reforms.
    SC Lede: Criminal Edition
    On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for May 25, 2021, we discuss the slew of crime news in the state over the past week, including the capture of a wanted fugitive and a mass shooting in North Charleston. Also in this episode: a look at the status of police reform legislation a year after the death of George Floyd; Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack share information about a new program to help minority farmers; and much more.
  • SC Lede: Smells Like Teen Spirit
    This episode for May 22, 2021, features: data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) about teen COVID-19 vaccination rates; the latest state economic news; advice from South Carolina State Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell for businesses still mandating mask use; and much more.
  • Abortion advocates gather at the South Carolina Statehouse on June 24, 2022, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years.
    SC Lede: Overturning Roe — What It Means for SC
    June 25, 2022 — Reaction from prominent South Carolina lawmakers to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down Roe v. Wade; the latest on the bipartisan gun violence recently passed by Congress; reporting on the Palmetto State's new medical ethics law; and more.
  • More than 500 Democrats gathered at the USC Alumni Center for the inaugural South Carolina Democratic Party Black Caucus dinner on March 27, 2022.
    SC Lede: Democratic Dinner and a Show
    March 29, 2022 — A look at what the two Democratic candidates running for governor had to say about each other at a recent event; a conversation with state Senate majority leader Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield; new research on COVID-19, the flu, and diabetes; and more.
  • Senate Majority Leader talks with reporters about how lawmakers could return later this year to take up abortion legislation depending on a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling that is expected to overturn the landmark Roe. v. Wade decision.
    SC Lede: The Fate of Abortion in South Carolina
    May 17, 2022 — How the U.S. Supreme Court's expected decision on Roe v. Wade could impact a special state legislative session this year regarding abortion; Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, on the death of his medical marijuana bill this session; and much more.
  • Crossover Day is this week in the South Carolina Statehouse, a de facto make or break moment for bills to pass one chamber to the other in order to have any chance of making it to the governor’s desk by sine die, the last day of session on May 12.
    SC Lede: Early voting vitriol
    April 23, 2022 — We discuss the final few weeks of this year's state legislative session, including which bills are heading to Governor McMaster's desk next week, the latest on the critical race theory bill passed by the state House, and the controversy surrounding what the state Senate did to the early voting bill.
  • The House Judiciary Committee met this week to approve a restrictive abortion bill, H. 5399, along party lines. The bill would outlaw all abortions except unless the wife of the mother was threatened.
    SC Lede: Injunction Junction, What's Your Function?
    August 20, 2022 — In-depth reporting on recent legal rulings, legislation, and action on abortion related issues in the state; the latest news out of the Port of Charleston; a look at how South Carolina has handled the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can better respond to future pandemics; and more.
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