Macon Atkinson
Reporter at Post and Courier
Reporter with @postandcourier via @Report4America. App State grad. Let’s talk: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
postandcourier.com | Macon Atkinson |Anna Wilder
COLUMBIA — When it comes to health care for rural mothers and babies, South Carolina has a failing grade. The state has had an F from March of Dimes — the lowest rating — for infant and maternal mortality rates for the last three years. It ranked second to last of all U.S. states for health care quality and cost in 2024, according to The Phia Group Healthcare Index, a state-by-state health care quality and cost analysis.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Macon Atkinson
ANDERSON — As Republicans face mounting criticism for not taking questions from voters face-to-face back home, U.S. Rep. Sheri Biggs spent the weekend meeting voters in her Upstate district before hosting a tele-town hall April 21, saying it provided better access for her sprawling, rural constituency.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Macon Atkinson
ANDERSON — As Republicans face mounting criticism for not taking questions from voters face-to-face back home, U.S. Rep. Sheri Biggs spent the weekend meeting voters in her Upstate district before hosting a tele-town hall April 21, saying it provided better access for her sprawling, rural constituency.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Macon Atkinson
GREER — A bipartisan collection of South Carolina lawmakers and business leaders is inviting President Donald Trump to visit BMW Manufacturing's Upstate plant after a White House trade advisor criticized the automaker's business on national TV. Peter Navarro, economist and the president's trade adviser, appeared on CNBC April 7 to discuss Trump's planned 10 percent global tariffs and 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles.
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4 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Macon Atkinson
GREENVILLE — Rural farm land across South Carolina in areas like Johns Island, Fairfield County and along Lake Greenwood is most threatened by intense gentrification pressures, according to a new mapping tool from Furman University. Farms across the state are essential for producing locally sourced food and feed for livestock, both for Palmetto State residents and international export.
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Want to recognize my colleagues @IAmNickReynolds and @anna_wilderr for their stellar Statehouse coverage this week for @postandcourier as session wraps up. 👏 https://t.co/ziXKAXxqex
RT @cady_stanton: Live view outside the Ways & Means lunch, where there is no deal on SALT:
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-Rock Hill, has a new district office — and this time it’s in the halls of academia https://t.co/8tDmdR0Lf3