SAUL: A three-step path forward for Southern Democrats
By Ben Saul, special to Statehouse Report | In 2008, Southern Democrats played an outsized role in electing our nation’s first African-American president. In fact, the election of Barack Obama...
View ArticleFRENCH: Anti-Semitism bill would chill legitimate criticism
By Kristin French, Special to Statehouse Report | S.C. Rep. Alan Clemmons (R-Horry) recently introduced a bill that intends to limit speech critical of Israel in S.C. institutions of higher education....
View ArticleCAMPBELL: Government works best in the sunshine
By Reba Hull Campbell, special to Statehouse Report | As the elected officials closest to the people they serve, mayors and council members have the most direct contact with the people who elect them....
View ArticleELMORE: No Kill South Carolina is changing the face of animal welfare
By Joe Elmore, special to Statehouse Report | Despite Charleston County becoming the Southeast’s first No Kill Community in 2013, tens of thousands of animals in other areas of South Carolina are dying...
View ArticleMY TURN: S.C. Picture Project seeks sponsor to document culture, state
By Robin Welch, special to Statehouse Report | In just a few short weeks, SCIWAY will turn 21, which means we are now old enough to buy a good stiff drink! As it turns out, we may need one. Over the...
View ArticleMY TURN: Make a difference now in reducing gun violence
By Judy Hines, special to Statehouse Report | A window of opportunity to effect change in gun violence in South Carolina has opened with the referral of several gun-related bills to Senate...
View ArticleULBRICH: Whatever happened to Home Rule?
By Holley Ulbrich, special to Statehouse Report | Lurking in the shadows of the big issues, pension reform and roads, is a nagging continuing question that arose again in the context of a school...
View ArticleALLEN: Legislators say we spend too much, but they’re spending!
By Elisabeth Allen, special to Statehouse Report | Statehouse politicians love to wax eloquent about the dangers of spending too much money on non-essential services – right before spending too much...
View ArticleWELBORN: Working to bolster state’s local food production
By Katie Welborn, special to Statehouse Report | We choose who succeeds by how we spend our money. Every time we purchase food products from other states and countries, we’re not purchasing them from...
View ArticleHISTORY: Joel Roberts Poinsett and the poinsettia
S.C. Encyclopedia | Joel Roberts Poinsett was born on March 2, 1779, in Charleston, son of the Huguenot physician Elisha Poinsett and his English wife, Ann Roberts. As a child, Poinsett spent six years...
View ArticleCARR: Comey’s leak and constitutional protections, privilege standards
By Robert S. Carr, special to Statehouse Report | The recent revelation and subsequent articles concerning the leak by former FBI Director James Comey to the New York Times via a “friend” and the...
View ArticleOUR TURN: 7 secrets for dealing with press interviews
By Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, republished with permission | We’ve been conducting interviews for an alarmingly long time and the last 25 years of have been largely devoted to talking with...
View ArticleBURGESS: Spearman is grandstanding on Allendale’s schools
By Gary Burgess, special to Statehouse Report | State Superintendent Molly Spearman worked in the S.C. Department of Education during the last failed takeover of the Allendale County public schools....
View ArticleLACKEY: Actions speak for AT&T in connecting South Carolinians
By Pamela Lackey, special to Statehouse Report | Many of us with Southern roots know well the phrase “actions speak louder than words,” for we heard it often from our mothers. Momma’s wisdom is just...
View ArticleKNAPP: Time running out to protect the Atlantic Coast
By Frank Knapp Jr. | President Trump recently proclaimed that his administration is seeking “American energy dominance.” The reality is we’re already there. The United States produces more natural...
View ArticleKIRBY: S.C. deserves better than proposed Obamacare overhaul
By Thornton Kirby, special to Statehouse Report | As CEO of the South Carolina Hospital Association, my friends and neighbors often come to me with questions about how the country’s health care...
View ArticleBUHL: Sales tax holidays may be good politics, but are bad tax policy
By John Buhl, special to Statehouse Report | Sales tax holidays represent poor tax policy, costing states revenue while providing little benefit, according to a new Tax Foundation report . More...
View ArticleSTEINBERGER: Give supplies to teachers, schools
By Robin Steinberger, special to Statehouse Report | As the tax-free weekend approaches, parents are rushing to buy the needed school supplies required by each school. They want to save money on...
View ArticleMY TURN: Let’s clean up our state and become litter-free
By Sarah Lyles and Mallory Biering, special to Statehouse Report | Litter is a passionate subject. Either one is vehemently against it or one is decidedly apathetic. Whichever side you lean on, it...
View ArticleHISTORY: DuBose Heyward, author
SC Encyclopedia | Author DuBose Heyward was born in Charleston on Aug. 31, 1885, the son of Edwin Watkins Heyward and Jane Screven DuBose. Both parents were dispossessed aristocrats from the Upstate...
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