Abe Kenmore

Nov 27, 2024 | myclintonnews.com | Jennifer Shutt |Jessica Holdman |Abe Kenmore |Vic MacDonald-Editor

“Over the past 13 days, I have witnessed what it means to be ‘True Blue’ from the dedication of so many on our campus who worked countless hours to get campus ready for us to begin classes today,” President Dr. Anita Gustafson wrote on Oct. 9. “It certainly takes a village to handle a challenge such as the damage that Helene caused to our campus. The day the storm hit, we quickly formed an operations team to address the safety of our students and the immediate needs of the campus.

Nov 8, 2024 | myclintonnews.com | Skylar Laird |Abe Kenmore |Seanna Adcox

Legislature Posted Saturday, November 9, 2024 1:00 am PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION: Also to be addressed quickly is a GOP priority blocked by the state Supreme Court earlier this fall, when the court ruled South Carolina’s fledgling K-12 voucher program violated the state constitution’s ban on public money directly benefiting private education. The decision ended all payments for private school tuition but left other parts of the law intact, allowing quarterly transfers of taxpayer...

Nov 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Abe Kenmore

Voters line up at Calhoun Academy of the Arts in Anderson before polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Paul Hyde/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA – A record number of South Carolinians cast a ballot in the general election, the State Election Commission announced Thursday. The Commission estimates 2,557,000 voters participated in the election, about 24,000 more voters than four years ago.

Nov 7, 2024 | scdailygazette.com | Abe Kenmore

COLUMBIA — Providing hurricane relief, cutting income taxes and reinstating K-12 scholarships for private schools are top priorities for Republicans in the state House following historic GOP election gains that make it easier for them to push through their agenda. They are among the broad goals outlined Wednesday by House Speaker Murrell Smith and House GOP caucus leaders in a letter ahead of the caucus’ organizational meeting in Columbia next week, where they’ll discuss the details.

Nov 7, 2024 | scdailygazette.com | Abe Kenmore

Voters in March will replace former House Rep. Marvin Pendarvis in a special election, after the North Charleston Democrat won re-election on Tuesday despite resigning two months earlier. Pendarvis was the only candidate for the 113 House District and won with over 97% of the vote. The North Charleston Democrat said Wednesday he tried, unsuccessfully, to withdraw from the race shortly after he resigned on Sept. 16 and would not accept the seat he won by default.