A ports agreement tops the weekend wrap

By Skylar Laird | Reporter

By David Wren

Plans for a container ship terminal in Jasper County appear to be dead. Port leaders in South Carolina and Georgia were told to “stand down” work on the decades-long and politically charged effort in a previously unreleased letter. Signed by port leaders, the letter points to pandemic-era disruptions.

By Katharine Wilson

Richard Hricik, the Democrat running for attorney general, has just $94 in his campaign account. That’s the way he wants it, he said. He isn’t asking for donations or loaning himself any money as he attempts to flip the state’s top prosecutor’s spot, long held by Republicans.

By Skylar Laird

When legislators passed a sweeping education law last year, teachers’ advocates lauded the measures as huge wins for keeping educators in their classrooms. That is, of course, if schools actually follow the law. Nearly one in five teachers told the state’s largest association of educators they didn’t get their legally required two planning days before this school year started.

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