By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Candidates in the special GOP primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham on November ballots are making their last pitches to voters across South Carolina. If you’re eligible to vote and haven’t done so already, please plan on voting tomorrow. Statewide, 61,775 people total made their choice in the Wednesday-through-Friday early voting window, according to state Election Commission data.
A staffing note: Skylar is back from vacation, but now Jessica is on vacation. So, we’re still short-staffed.
“These photos tell the stories of people’s families and help people identify their ancestors.” - Family Court Judge Michelle Hurley on a collection of photos taken by Richard Samuel Roberts that are newly available online.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
By Shauneen Miranda with States Newsroom’s Washington, D.C., bureau
I don’t normally lead a newsletter with an article from D.C., but this includes bipartisan passage of a proposal by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, as well as voter ID requirements he championed failing to advance.
Portrait of a young woman with bobbed hairstyle and floral print dress. (Photo courtesy of USC libraries/Richard Samuel Roberts collection)
By Jessica Holdman
This topped the weekend newsletter after I posted it Saturday morning. But I’m sure many of you missed it. So, I wanted to feature the article again this morning. The above photo is part of a collection of nearly 6,000 historic pictures by photographer Richard Samuel Roberts, which are all newly available to the public online. The known people in the photos include Civil Rights Movement matriarch Modjeska Simpkins. The hope is that the public can help identify people in the photos who aren’t named. A photo gallery at the bottom of the article provides a glimpse of the photos in the collection.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C., as seen on Dec. 2, 2018. (Photo by Brett Bowers via Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Jessica Kaneft
Today’s commentary is the first in a series written by Jessica Kaneft, director of the Sumter Nonprofit Network, which she titles The Jericho Road. She uses the parable of the Good Samaritan (found in the New Testament’s Gospel of Luke) to advocate for helping people in need.
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