By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Well, budget negotiators still don’t have a deal. (See commentary below.) They decided yesterday to meet again this afternoon. So, stay tuned. Skylar will be there.
Five people filed yesterday to run in next month’s special GOP primary for U.S. Senate. Those filing their candidacy on opening day did not include the congressmen who announced their bids or Lindsey Graham’s sister, who said Monday she would seek the full term. That indicates the list could get very lengthy. Filing continues through noon July 28.
“Threats of political violence regardless of where they come from, or who is targeted, are unacceptable and constitute a serious federal crime.” - Tom Wheeler, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, in his announcement of a 27-month prison sentence.
A woman who pleaded guilty to threatening U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, pictured in Newberry in April, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. (Photo by Mark Susko/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
An Indianapolis woman who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace will spend more than two years in prison. The 1st District congresswoman received the messages by text, email and social media in January 2025. The 28-year-old woman has a history of threatening people and businesses.
A participant holds a handmade sign during the Women’s March gathering at a public park on March 8, 2025, in Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)
By Mariel Padilla with The 19th News
Child marriage is still legal in most states. In South Carolina, 16- and 17-year-olds can get married with parental permission. (A bill setting an age floor of 18 in the Palmetto State got zero traction this year.) Legislation reintroduced in Congress last week would provide states with a practical roadmap to end the practice.
The South Carolina Statehouse is seen in Columbia on April 3, 2023. (Photo illustration by Travis Bell/STATEHOUSE CAROLINA/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
COMMENTARY
By Patrick Kelly
South Carolina legislators have long taken pride in not being like Congress. In his latest commentary, Patrick Kelly writes how the weeks-overdue state budget further dwindles the distinction. “The situation increasingly mirrors the status quo in the nation’s capital,” writes Kelly, a high school teacher who also advocates for teachers at the Statehouse for the Palmetto State Teachers Association. (See below for the U.S. House’s latest stopgap funding bill.)
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