By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Rep. Jermaine Johnson and Attorney General Alan Wilson meet on the debate stage tonight.
Check out our Voter Guide! I was able to post it yesterday after a little IT help. (Thankfully, getting it online was just a matter of a skipped step.) I will continue to add to it as we get closer to the early voting window. Our new reporter, Katharine Wilson, will help with that. After getting all the first-day paperwork completed yesterday, she’s starting her role as our main reporter for campaign coverage.
“The Workforce Pell program is really targeting those short-term training programs that still lead to high-quality credentials.” - Nina Staggers, executive director of workforce development at the state’s employment agency, on the expanded Pell Grant program.
Emergency medical technician students at the Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence pose on their first day of clinicals. (Photo provided by Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence)
By Jessica Holdman
Certifications for lots of in-demand jobs are newly eligible for low-income, federal education grants. But so far, colleges and trade schools in the Palmetto State have yet to seek approval for training programs under the recently expanded Pell Grant program. The deadline for the second round of applications is Oct. 15.
Gov. Henry McMaster speaks in Florence on June 15, 2023, to celebrate a $100 million state investment to build a regional behavioral health hub. (Photo by Jeff Leieritz)
COMMENTARY
By Jeff Leieritz
The former spokesman of the state Department of Health and Human Services writes about efforts to address South Carolina’s “mental health crisis” following Gov. Henry McMaster’s 2022 State of the State address calling for immediate action. Whoever voters choose to be the next governor “will have an opportunity to build on a critical, albeit less-publicized, piece of McMaster’s lasting legacy,” he writes.
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