By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
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“Bringing a closed facility back to life and creating quality jobs makes this project an especially meaningful investment in our community.” - Anderson County Councilman Greg Elgin on Adeptus USA’s pledged investment.
Processed lumber is stacked at Forest Products Timber West Mill in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Preston Keres/U.S. Forest Service)
By Jessica Holdman
A company that makes wood paneling, crown molding, shiplap and other pine construction products plans to invest $216 million in a vacated textile manufacturing plant in Anderson County.
A collection of signs advertising cash for homes is shown at an event in Kansas City, Missouri, celebrating a new state law regulating real estate wholesalers. (Photo by Kevin Hardy/Stateline)
By Kevin Hardy with Stateline
Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down. In South Carolina, legislators unanimously approved a law regulating wholesaling. But I see these types of signs at intersections seemingly everywhere I drive in this state. This article from our affiliate Stateline explains the wholesaling process and gives a national perspective.
BMW vehicles parked at the Port of Charleston await being loaded for export Dec. 3, 2020. (File photo courtesy of BMW)
COMMENTARY
By Howard Franklin
The author of "Accelerating South," a booklet released in July, writes this commentary specifically about South Carolina's economy, how it stands nationally, and the challenges ahead. “The state has become a case study in how the modern South is competing for — and winning — investment that once might have gone elsewhere,” he writes.
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No fines against Indiana retailers so far for SNAP violations | From the Indiana Capital Chronicle (As a reminder, similar SNAP changes in South Carolina have been delayed until at least November.)
Done being silent: Pa. legislators push package to close gaps in menopause treatments | From the Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Gen Z isn’t choosing a side. They’re choosing issues. | From the Maine Morning Star
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike receiving medical care after failed execution | From the Tennessee Lookout
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says humility key to democracy | From the Arkansas Advocate
Eastern Kentucky county gets biggest investment in its history, officials say | From the Kentucky Lantern (The small size of this investment, compared to SC’s big announcements, is why I found this interesting.)
Legislative staff in WA state Senate reject new contract | From the Washington State Standard (😳What I learned from this article is that legislative staff at Washington’s capitol apparently have four separate union contracts: two in each chamber, divided by party. Wow! That is a stark contrast from South Carolina. We don’t have public employee unions. We have advocacy groups that lobby for teachers and state employees, but they have zero collective bargaining power. What do you think: Is that good or bad?)
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