David Slade
Personal Finance Columnist and Metro Reporter at Post and Courier
Reporter, finance columnist at The Post & Courier. ""our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost" - Jefferson
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | David Slade
It's back — again. June 1 marks the official start of Atlantic hurricane season, the six months of each year when homeowners up and down the East Coast watch and worrr. It's always of particular concern to coastal residents, due to the potential for storm surges and flooding, but we all learned in 2024 from Helene that towns in Upstate South Carolina and the mountains of North Carolina also face risks.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | David Slade
JOHNS ISLAND — One of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the area is on Maybank Highway approaching the Stono River where two lanes become one heading to the bridge. The city and county are discussing a new way to change that. The road between the Stono River and River Road on Johns Island has been a vexing traffic problem for many years, partly because few people are keen to cut down more of the huge live oak trees that canopy the road.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | David Slade
CHARLESTON — If a Charleston County government employee pays for a work-related meal with a county charge card, the maximum tip they're allowed to leave is 15 percent. That was once considered an acceptable tip, in the days when people could smoke in restaurants and white zinfandel was popular. Not so much, at most restaurants today. "We just haven't changed the policy," said Barrett Tolbert, the county's director of procurement.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | David Slade
MONCKS CORNER — Faced with a flood of development and a rapidly rising population this town has decided to collect substantial impact fees on new construction to help pay for the services more residents will need. "This is the final hurdle on a long journey we've been on," Moncks Corner Community Development Director Justin Westbrook told Town Council at a May 20 meeting where the impact fees received unanimous approval. For a single-family home the fees that took effect May 21 amount to $4,805.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | David Slade
May 29 is fast approaching, and, of course, that's 5/29 Day, an excuse to talk about 529 plans such as South Carolina's own Future Scholar. A 529 plan gets its name from a section of the federal tax code, and it's sort of like an Individual Retirement Account but for college. Due to federal changes in recent years, the money can also be used without penalty or tax (up to certain limits) for K-12 tuition, registered apprenticeship programs, repayment of student loans and even to fund a Roth IRA.
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