By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
It’s election day. If you’re eligible to vote and didn’t cast a ballot in last week’s early voting window, go vote today in the GOP runoff between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman! As a reminder, if you voted in the June Democratic primaries, you can’t vote in the special GOP contest. But that leaves a lot of people who need to vote.
Also, the Legislature is back today to vote on a deal worked out between the chambers’ chief budget writers.
“I’m just glad to be a part of that team moving higher ed forward in the state of South Carolina.” - Rose Newton on being elected chair of the University of South Carolina’s governing board.
State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel, along with fellow law enforcement and prosecutors, talks to reporters at the state grand jury office in Columbia. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
A series of Lowcountry nightclub raids led to drug trafficking charges for 31 people believed to be associated with Mexican drug cartels. State law enforcement and the state’s top prosecutor announced Monday that state grand jury indictments followed a widespread investigation into unlicensed nightclubs.
Rose Newton is the first woman to lead the University of South Carolina’s governing board. (Photo courtesy of USC)
By Jessica Holdman
Rose Newton, wife of Republican state House Judiciary Chariman Weston Newton, on Friday became the first woman in the school’s nearly 225-year history to lead its board. While her election is a first for USC, she’s far from the only woman leading a college board in the state.
Dominion Energy is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for The Virginia Mercury)
By Frank Knapp
Our latest commentary comes from Frank Knapp, CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, who advocates for a longer review of the proposed merger between Dominion and NextEra. "There is no benefit for ratepayers" with a compressed timeline, he writes.
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