By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Welcome to the weekend! And to all the fathers and father figures out there, happy Father’s Day! I was celebrating an early Father’s Day on my parent’s 55th wedding anniversary yesterday when President Donald Trump made more news in the governor’s race. The news, unfortunately, doesn’t take time off. (So, allow me a personal shoutout of congratulations to my parents!)
“Before saying ‘Y’all can’t spend any more money,’ we have to get our roads fixed.” - House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister on gubernatorial candidates’ campaign pledges to eliminate the state income tax.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson are in a runoff to be the GOP nominee for governor. (Photo collage by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Seanna Adcox
Four days before voters pick the GOP nominee, President Donald Trump made a dual endorsement in the race to be South Carolina’s next governor. “I can’t hurt one of them by only Endorsing the other,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. It’s a score for Attorney General Alan Wilson and setback for Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who has been campaigning as the lone candidate with Trump’s “complete and total endorsement.”
MORE ELECTIONS NEWS…
GOP gubernatorial candidates differ on calls to defund SC State, allow a casino | By Jessica Holdman
AG Alan Wilson receives backing of 3rd previous opponent in SC GOP governor’s runoff | By Jessica Holdman
SC legislator declared primary winner by just 34 votes | By Skylar Laird
Students from schools across South Carolina perform “While I Breathe, I Hope” during a 2021 virtual choir performance. (Photo courtesy of Craig Allen, a Winthrop University adjunct instructor of music)
By Kaylen Jones
This is our first article by University of South Carolina journalism student Kaylen Jones, who’s freelancing for us this summer. South Carolina now has three official state songs but just one choral anthem. You can listen to the performance above by clicking on a hyperlink in the article in a paragraph about the 2021 virtual choir. Did you know that “Dum Spiro Spero” has been on South Carolina’s state seal since the Revolutionary War?
MORE NEWS ON NEW AND PROPOSED LAWS…
Children pose with their teachers in Beaufort County, circa 1862, months after the naval Battle of Port Royal Sound liberated slaves on the Sea Islands. (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
COMMENTARY
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In our latest commentary, Miami University professor Rodney Coates writes about the promise of freedom on Juneteenth and the education necessary to make it happen. Yesterday marked the 161st anniversary of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, being told they're free, celebrated as the official end of slavery in America.
MORE COMMENTARIES THIS WEEK…
SC college degree programs under the microscope | By Oran Smith
SC should welcome new people who make our state beautiful | By Jenks Farmer
OTHER NEWS FROM THIS WEEK...
SC Supreme Court to decide how much stays secret about executions | By Skylar Laird
SC pharmaceutical company plans $120M expansion in Aiken County | By Jessica Holdman
SC joins GOP attorneys general urging EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant | By Nada Hassanein with Stateline
MORE FROM OUR AFFILIATES...
US Education Department offers 2-year trim on student loan interest rates | By Shauneen Miranda in States Newsroom’s D.C. bureau
Calmer hurricane season expected in Atlantic as worries over federal response persist | By Sam Gauntt, an intern in the D.C. bureau
Ceasefire reached with Iran, ending hostilities and opening Strait of Hormuz | By Jennifer Shutt in the D.C. bureau
After local missing teen case, Indiana congressman aims to expand Amber Alert guidelines | By Amelia Twyman, another intern in the D.C. bureau
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