By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
The GOP primary runoff between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman is one week away. They will debate tonight at the Newberry Opera House. The one-hour debate co-hosted by the state GOP, Newsmax, and SCETV starts at 7 p.m. You can watch it on TV, on SCETV.org or SCETV’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. You can also listen on SC Public Radio. Early voting starts at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
“I would’ve liked more, but we’ll take it, and we’ll squeeze it, and we’ll keep going.” - Gov. Henry McMaster on additional money the Legislature designated in the budget toward roadwork.
Gov. Henry McMaster talks to reporters about his budget vetoes at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on Monday. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
State agencies can go ahead and pay contractors for their work at the Scout Motors site in Blythewood after Gov. Henry McMaster nixed legislators’ requirement that they wait for a full review of taxpayer dollars spent. That was among the 14 items the governor struck from the last budget of his tenure. Only one of those vetoes struck spending.
In March, Duke Energy became the first utility in South Carolina to apply under a new program that makes it easier for utilities to raise power bills on an annual basis. (Photo courtesy of Duke Energy)
By Jessica Holdman
Duke Energy is asking South Carolina’s Supreme Court to clear the path to hike rates 4% this year for its Pee Dee customers. The utility is appealing regulators’ ruling last month on when increases can start under a program approved by the Legislature last year. Utility executives sold the idea as a switch to smaller, incremental increases for customers. Duke initially asked for a 6.6% hike.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Zebulon, Georgia in 2024. (File photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
By Jessica Holdman
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a rally in Myrtle Beach on Friday, the last day of early voting in the GOP runoff for U.S. Senate. The state Republican Party announced the visit yesterday as the reason it’s postponing a planned stump event with the candidates that it was co-hosting in Anderson.
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