By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Election Day is exactly two weeks away. But remember you can vote now.
“We want to make sure we keep our best and brightest in state, and this is a way to do that.” - Rep. Nathan Ballentine, chairman of the House budget-writing panel for college funding, on the state’s expansion of Meeting Street Scholarships.
Dutch Fork High School seniors hear from Meeting Street Scholarship Fund representatives in Irmo on Monday. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Jessica Holdman
High school seniors across South Carolina are learning they're newly eligible for scholarships enabling them to earn a college degree with little-to-no debt. An expansion of the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund was approved as part of the state budget. Representatives of the nonprofit that runs the fund are traveling the state to make sure students know about the opportunity. Applications open Nov. 9.
The South Carolina Ethics Commission issued a warning Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, about a prohibition in state law. (Photo from iStock/Getty Images Plus)
By Seanna Adcox
The state Ethics Commission wants to make this clear to employers: It is illegal in South Carolina to tell workers they must donate to a campaign and even suggest their job depends on it. That’s been the law for 35 years. But recent calls prompted the agency to issue its first formal notice about the prohibition.
The proposed merger of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy would create the world's largest regulated electric utility. (File photo by Anton Petrus/Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Frank Knapp
In his latest commentary, the CEO and co-founder of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce writes about John Ketchum’s testimony last week to a legislative committee. The NextEra CEO “concluded by saying that he wanted to earn trust,” Knapp writes. He believes “trust was not earned.”
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