By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Can you believe it’s Sept. 1?!? The midterms are just over two months away.
“These higher costs were largely passed on to American consumers.” - Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Fergusone on a lawsuit’s allegations against Amazon.
A student dropped a lawsuit challenging a state budget clause that required transgender students use the bathroom aligned with their sex at birth. (File photo/Getty Images)
By Skylar Laird
A lawsuit over which bathrooms transgender students can use came to an end after the student suing moved to a different state, attorneys on the case said. The high school sophomore filed the lawsuit in federal court in November 2024, when the Berkeley County student was in eighth grade. The case challenged a budget clause that was superseded earlier this year by a permanent law.
Rep. Julie Casimiro resigned after the Rhode Island attorney general asked her to explain how she could stay in office after moving to South Carolina. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
By Nancy Lavin with the Rhode Island Current
Two months after becoming a full-time resident of South Carolina, Rhode Island Rep. Julie Casimiro resigned her House seat in the Ocean State. Though still insisting she could legally stay in office through January, she was under pressure from fellow Democrats to give up the seat and salary. This is from our Rhode Island affiliate. Check out the legislative salaries in the nation’s smallest state. And can you guess where she moved? A hint before you click: It’s the nation’s fastest-growing area (by percentage), according to the latest census estimates.
State Museum Director Amy Bartow-Melia speaks Saturday ahead of the ribbon cutting for the Carolina Wildlife Garden at the South Carolina State Museum. (Photo courtesy of the State Museum)
COMMENTARY
By Amy Bartow-Melia
An educational garden officially opened Saturday at the South Carolina State Museum. Director Amy Bartow-Melia writes about the new outdoor classroom addition envisioned and brought to life by Planting South Carolina Roots, an initiative of a spring 2026 class cohort of the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative, in partnership with the State Museum and the South Carolina Wildlife Federation.
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