South Carolina is moving to Phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and improving its eligibility requirements.
This is good news for a state that has been in Phase 1a since late 2020.
Throughout the pandemic, we have been warning readers to look beyond the laudatory media coverage of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to see how abysmally he has actually been handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, we learned that the mass death he inflicted on his state’s nursing homes was much worse than we thought.
A Spartanburg County lawmaker has proposed legislation that would establish base pay for members of a local school board.
It’s not the first time in recent years that a county delegation, made up House and Senate members representing that county, has inserted itself into local school board matters.
No expense should be spared in the battle to defeat COVID-19, but the pandemic should not serve as an excuse for unbridled government bailouts. While federal dollars necessarily flow freely to fund life-saving vaccines, debts accumulated by the nation’s students don’t deserve the same emergency treatment.
A state House proposal would send an additional $63 million out of state surplus funds to the Department of Health and Environmental Control to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations and continue testing statewide.
It’s possible to have a lot of knowledge, yet still be uninformed.
We’ve been collectively dealing with COVID-19 for more than a year now, and everyone has developed their own opinions.
We all have our own data that we’ve stored away to help solidify our positions, and that’s great.
What happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was unacceptable. Many on the right have said as much. Political violence has no place in our free country, and it should be punished severely. Those who rioted, destroyed property and caused the death of others in the halls of congress should go to jail. And that’s exactly what’s happening.
Political violence is always wrong. This should not be a controversial statement. Politicians who incite, praise, or enable violence like what the nation saw at the Capitol on Wednesday should be voted out or otherwise removed from office.
Are you less worried about New Year’s resolutions in 2020, just happy that you survived the turbulent year and hope for a better 2021?
We’ve all read — or watched — Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
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