By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
I’m back! Thanks to Jessica and Skylar for keeping the newsroom and newsletter running while I was out, enabling me to travel with my parents to Egypt, Spain and Portugal. (I left from Lisbon early Monday for what became a 27-hour journey home. Now I feel like need a vacation to rest from my vacation. But I’m not complaining. Yes, it was absolutely awesome!)
I spent many hours yesterday just trying to catch up on all the emails that piled up over the last three weeks. So be patient if you’re still waiting for a response.
“Without a knowledge of history, without people preserving that history, then it’ll be lost.” - Gov. Henry McMaster on the importance of preserving government records.
Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Todd McCaffrey, Gov. Henry McMaster and House Speaker Murrell Smith oversee a conference of state military leaders Wednesday. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
South Carolina’s military forces are growing, but they need more places to live. Affordable housing is a major concern, military leaders told top lawmakers yesterday. House Speaker Murrell Smith floated the idea of expanding the state’s Palmetto Heroes homebuyers’ program.
Barbara Melvin resigned from the S.C. State Ports Authority in August 2025. Her severance deal has drawn the scrutiny of a public records advocate. (File photo courtesy of the S.C. State Ports Authority)
By David Wren
The South Carolina State Ports Authority retroactively voted this week on the nearly $1 million payout to its former CEO but denied it did anything to violate state laws. A hearing on the lawsuit filed by a long-time public records advocate is set for next month.
South Carolina State Archivist Eric Emerson, right, presents Gov. Henry McMaster, left, with a national award Wednesday. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Jessica Holdman
Gov. Henry McMaster is the first governor in the Council of State Archivists’ 37-year history to receive the national association’s Advocacy for Archives Award. Reasons cited include his successful court fight as attorney general to retrieve the records of two Civil War governors that were set to be auctioned off.
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