By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Skylar is starting a much-deserved vacation today. Jessica is at the annual Nuclear Summit in Columbia.
“The governor has a big decision to make, because this has precedent for how we operate and how we handle elected officials moving forward.” - Rep. Kambrell Garvin, an attorney for Charleston County school board member Darlene Dunmeyer-Roberson.
Darlene Dunmeyer-Roberson and her attorney, Rep. Kambrell Garvin, respond to an inspector general’s report during a hearing Monday in Columbia. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
A Charleston County school board member at the center of potentially multiple state investigations told a panel yesterday she didn’t mean to share confidential information or tip the scales to get a contract for her former campaign manager. Three attorneys appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster met with her for nearly four hours yesterday. They will recommend whether or not he should remove her from the board.
Steel i-beams form a perimeter barrier at Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger on May 1, 2025, when Vice President J.D. Vance spoke there. (File photo by Mark Susko/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
By David Wren
More than a month after the latest tariffs on Canadian-made products were enacted, the trade war’s impact on South Carolina’s economy is still difficult to assess, even as further restrictions on Canadian imports take effect today. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump touted a new steel mill in Iowa as a result of his tariffs on steel imports.
University of South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley talks to students and reporters about the Dawn Staley Leadership Academy. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Jessica Holdman
The Dawn Staley Leadership Academy welcomed its first 110 students this fall. Students who complete the eight-week introductory course at the University of South Carolina can compete to be among the 35 selected each year to continue on through the rest of the academy.
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